A Fudge Emergency

29 September 2015

13:01 Sweet_Treat bounds up to Candy_Floss's store and bursts in with a grin on her face. "Candy, Candy! Its an emergency! I ran out of your lovely chocolate fudge that I use to flavor my shakes, and I need some more to make my next round of icecream for my shakes," she says, sounding frantic and melodramatic as ever about business matters.

13:04 < Sweet_Treat> (I'm working with the assumption that they're already close friends)

13:04 < Candy_Floss> ( mmhm )

13:09 Candy_Floss sits behind her counter, slouched down, face lying on her hoof. Slow day so far, just a single customer, and she was nearly dozing off. She jumps when the pink pegasus flings open the door and leaps inside, knocking a few baskets of candy to the floor and spilling the colorful treats all around. The mare gives her friend a look of "are you fucking serious" before starting into a small giggle, which then grows into a burst of laughter. "Calm down, Sweets... I'll go grab your fudge. Can you just, uh, clean up a bit?"

13:10 < Candy_Floss> ( I pulled out my laptop for this :) )

13:16 Sweet_Treat has a dead serious look on her face, that lasts just about until Candy_Floss starts to laugh at which point she smiles a bit. "Never serious at all are you Candy_Floss? This is an important matter. And, thanks for having my back." She relaxes momentarily before glancing around the store, only to blush red under her pink coat as she notices that her flared wings had created quite a mess. She brings a hoof to her snout and giggles before nodding. "Ya...I guess I can pick everything back up."

13:16 < Sweet_Treat> (Oooh yay~ Thats a good sign)

13:17 < Candy_Floss> ( brb, class over, walking home )

13:32 Candy_Floss shakes her head, would this mare ever learn. "I can be serious, but where's the fun in that?" A warm smile fills her face from Sweet_Treat's compliment. As much as the seemed to be opposites sometimes and ended up butting heads more times than you could count, they really were best of friends in the end. Candy nods at the pegasus and heads into the back room, returning right away with a package, already wrapped up with pink ribbon and bearing a tag with Sweet_Treat's name on it. "I was expecting you to come by, dear," says Candy Floss with a smirk.

13:40 Sweet_Treat turns to the stands as the mare disappears into the back and begins to pick up the various tasty confectionery that littered the ground. As she does so, she grabs one of the bags that hung off a corner and stows some of her favorites into that. Sweet Treat had only managed to repair half of the damage before Candy returned. She perks back up and looks at her friend. "Oh you were? How did you know I'd need it?" She asks, despite the fact that for the last two months she'd come to pick up fudge just about every 12 days, but to sweet it seemed random. She hurriedly puts the candy back on the shelves in disarray and makes her way back to the counter. "I'll take these as well~" She says, indicating towards her bag.

13:50 Candy_Floss nods and sets the package on her counter. "Oh come on, I know you well enough!" she says, giggling at her friend's attempt to clean up the treats. Looking at her friend's candy selection, she remarks, "Taffy, caramel, bon bons, all good choices. Hey, Sweets, I was just about to go break anyway, you wanna walk back over to your shop together? I've been craving a strawberry malt, and nopony makes 'em like you do."

13:58 Sweet_Treat opens the package and pulls the lid off the large gallon sized tin and takes a deep long breath, inhaling the delicious chocolaty scent and then nods affirmatively before putting the lid back on. "That has a very good aroma to it. I think this might just be the batch of fudge you've made yet!" She reaches into her bag and pulls out a precounted sack of bits before plopping them down on the counter. "The usual amount, less the price of a shake, as per normal~" She says with a giggle. "Yes I think it would be nice to make a delicious treat for my friend, and it is a very lovely sunset outside right now."

14:10 Candy_Floss sticks her muzzle right up next to Sweet_Treat's breathing in the fragrant fudge as well the scent of her friend, almost smelling like a milkshake herself. "Thank you, dear," she say, grabbing the pouch of bits and emptying it into her bit jar. "I've been tweaking the recipe a bit, and I think I've still got room to make it better. At the very least, this should blend into your shakes better." Candy removes her apron and hangs it up beside the counter. "Well, if you're ready to head back over? You did seem in quite a rush when you arrived..."

14:15 Sweet_Treat fans out her wings and shakes them before pulling them flat to her side, now looking quite a bit more relaxed. "Well, I was just worried that you might not have any prepared, and I know how it takes you quite a bit of time to put it all together, and I needed it by opening tomorrow morning," she explains, before heading on out the door, pausing to wait for candy to catch up. "I tell you its been pretty frantic here recently. All the ponies are playing around on the beach in the heat of the summer, and everyone knows I'm the only place to go for a refreshing treat. No place else compares~"

14:28 Candy_Floss follows after the pegasus, pausing briefly to put rearrange some of the candies that she'd attempted to put away. "It doesn't take me thaaaat long, but I appreciate the effort. Maybe next time you should refresh your stock before you have nothing left." The earth pony finishes messing with her candy display, and trots outside to catch up to Sweet_Treat. "It's really true though! Your shakes are the absolute best." The pair begin walking down the road, not a very long distance to Sweet's shop. "Business for me has been a bit slow as of late. Besides a couple of large orders from a few customers, I've been getting less and less visitors at my store."

14:33 < Candy_Floss> ( oh yeah, could you ping me on post? )

14:34 < Sweet_Treat> (Oh sure)

14:35 < Sweet_Treat> (i'm gonna have to go dark though for half an hour or so though Candy_Floss. Time sensitive task was asigned.

14:35 < Candy_Floss> ( totes fine by me )

15:21 < -> Zuthal|Mare is now known as Zuthal

15:39 Sweet_Treat frowns at Candy_Floss's words and then turns to look back at the mare's shop. "You just need to make it look more inviting. have a couple samples just inside the store front, or maybe pay a pony to hand out free samples to the fillies and colts that come to play on the nearby beach, and make sure they know where your shop is, and have them encouraged to bug their parents. You just need to do some better advertising, my dear." She explains. The mare was a shrewd business woman, and knew what she was talking about, even if the tactic was perhaps a tad underhoofed. They soon reach the stand a little ways down the street, and sweet fishes for her keys for a moment before opening the door and inviting Candy_Floss inside.

15:39 < Candy_Floss> ( good timing, just got up from my mininap rest thing )

15:40 < -> Inky is now known as Aldric

15:52 Candy_Floss nods. Her friend was right, and she'd already come a long with with her advice in the past, but just wasn't the way she normally did business. Back at her old shop... well, circumstances were different there. "You're right, you're right. Perhaps I should search for a better location as well, somewhere a bit closer in the heart of the city. Oh, but I do love that tiny little shop so." She takes a quick look at the facade of Sweet_Treat's building, it did have a lot more color, a huge sign, just a lot more interest than hers. She'd think on it, but for now, it was time to enjoy one of the mare's famous shakes.

15:53 < Sweet_Treat> (s/with/way/ ?

15:53 < Candy_Floss> ( yee )

15:56 Sweet_Treat frowns as she hears candy talk about changing locations. She was torn, she certainly liked having Candy so close, but it would probably do her better. She bites her lip and nods, "Ya...closer to the central market might do you better, unless you start pushing your marketing more towards teh filly and colts. Now just wait here. I'm gonna get you some fresh cloud." The pegasus takes off lickety split towards the sea, heading out towards particularly luscious looking cloud. She always had to grab a fresh one for her friends.

15:56 < Sweet_Treat> ( Candy_Floss )

16:03 Candy_Floss lets out a sigh, watching her friend take off toward the clouds. Her friend was certainly successful in her business, and she always felt a little twinge of jealousy whenever she visited the shop. Off in the distance she could only just see her pegasus friend wresting around with fresh, puffy cloud floating above. Clouds, the secret ingredient that made her shakes oh so good. For the time being, she should jsut stop worrying and just enjoy her friend's company. Candy walks inside of Sweet_Treat's shop and sits down at the bar, awaiting her return.

16:06 < Chaotic_Harmony> ( Sweet_Treat wrestljng with a cloud

16:06 < Chaotic_Harmony> ( cute image :3

16:09 Sweet_Treat pulls off a large puffy chunk of the salty sea cloud and pushes it down towards the ground, fighting it the entire way till she drags it into the shop. From there, she leads it to a room in the back, but not before breaking off a small lump and tossing it into a hoof crank blender. She then returns and throws together Candy_Floss's favorite shake, a layered neopolitan one. Minutes later she' has it all ground together and in a nice tall glass, and tops it with a chocolate covered strawberry and whip cream. "Alright Candy, your favorite." She pours herself one as well, and sits across the bar from her friend. The shop was so empty and quiet after hours, but the pair was quite used to it.

16:15 Candy_Floss watches Sweet_Treat as she dances around making the shake. First thing she does when she gets the shake, like always, was take a bit out of the chocolate-covered strawberry after dipping in in the creme. "Mmmmm, this is just the kind of thing I needed." She leans in to sip her dessert, gazing over at the cute pegasus on the other side of the counter. A soft smile grows on her face as the two make eye contact, and send her giggling a little bit with a mouth full of shake!

16:19 Sweet_Treat just rolls her eyes as Candy_Floss giggles loudly, smiling as well. She dips just the edge of her hoof in the whip cream and then boops Candy_Floss's nose, leaving it with a white tip. Sweet then licks off her hoof and takes a sip of her shake. "You're so silly Candy. I remember last time you predicted me, you had August meet us here. You weren't gonna surprise me like that again this time were you?"

16:19 < Sweet_Treat> ( August boop? Or no boop, your choice~)

16:22 < Sweet_Treat> (oh we just missed them xP You can leave it vague if you want Candy_Floss :P)

16:22 < Candy_Floss> ( oh, did you already do an rp with them or something? )

16:22 < Candy_Floss> ( oh wait, I understand what you're going for now I think )

16:23 < Sweet_Treat> (nope, but they're obviously aquainted)

16:28 Candy_Floss scrunches as a whip cream-coverd hoof approaches her snout and boop her, covering her fur in the cloud-based cream. "And I'm the silly one?" she say, licking it off of her nose. "I've got nothing like that planned this time, I just wanted to hang out with you, I guess. It's been a while since we've been able to spend time together, you always seem so busy with your shop. I mean, that's not a bad thing, but I enjoy spending some time alone with you."

16:31 < Sweet_Treat> (Oh ok, just me and you then ^^ )

16:33 < August> ( i'm in class any way :p )

16:33 < August> ( atd i woulb need to cathup a lot. )

16:34 < Dusk> ( have you even caught your breath yet?)

16:34 < Sweet_Treat> (Actually nah, you wouldnt :P August wouldnt know about the previous incident there :P)

16:34 < Sweet_Treat> (but still, ya, class)

16:35 Sweet_Treat sighs at Candy and nods her head. "Ya...its Summer, which is the busy season. Ponies are out late, playing in the summer sun and stuff on the beach. Gotta make the most of it, especially when winter comes, and this place is like a ghost town...And I cant trust anypony to put as much care into the shakes as I do." She takes another long swig of her drink and smiles at the mare. "Thats a shame...You know, he's kind of cute when he's not talking about that sorry thing he calls Icecream."

16:36 < August> ( yeah i'm good. i run often so that wasn't an issue. i just don't know enough about tho situation to chime in)

16:37 < Candy_Floss> ( Sweet_Treat: I'm grabbing some food at the moment )

16:38 < August> ( otherwise i would. but i didn't follow the rp so i would need to read back. and go through another log perhaps.., )

17:16 Candy_Floss giggles and takes another sip of her drink. "I can definitely agree with that, he's super cute. Though, I can never understand what you have against his craft. I can't say it's thaaat much different than yours." She braces for Sweet_Treat's response, as anything involving August or ice cream always gets her worked up.

17:19 < August> ( i look forward to reading this in full once class is done )

18:30 Sweet_Treat begins to show a bit of a rise, standing up taller and biting her lip as Candy_Floss compares her art to his craft. She takes a deep breath a puts a hoof down hard on the wooden counter with a sturdy clack. "Candy! You should know better than to comapre these wonderful masterpieces I make for each and every one of my customers to /his/ dreary little trade. Any pony can throw icecream in a bowl and top it wtih some sweets. It takes a real master to come up with the perfect blend of smooth creamy fluffyness that makes up the perfect shake. I am an artist...he is just a tradesman. ANd look at all those ponies that go to his shop across the street, unaware of what they're missing by coming over here instead. Its like when you are providing a fine conffectionary treat and ponies instead settle for the manufactured stuff at the corner store. Its jst saddening." The mare has an intensity and conviction about her and her ears stand striaght up. She talks with her hooves moving wildly through the air, emphasizing her every point.

18:43 Candy_Floss tries to stifle her smile as her friend gets louder and her hooves flail more. It is a bit entertaining to see her get all worked up, but this mare does have a strong passion for her sundaes, something that Candy definitely admires. Grabbing one of Sweet_Treat's hooves gently, she looks up at the mare, saying, "Calm down... You know we've been through this a hundred times, I was just poking a little fun." She returns to her shake, giving it a sip, and her eyes making contact with Sweet_Treat as she does so. She finishes it off and sighs. "That was delicious, as always!"

18:51 Sweet_Treat stops for just a second to suck in a deep breath of air, about to launch into a further explanation when Candy_Floss catches her hoof out of the air. Sweet_Treat instantly deflates, folding her ears down against her head and blushing brightly. She returns the mare's smile shyly and nods. "Ya, ya I know...I just cant help it. You know how I feel about this." She relaxes and clasps Candy_Floss's hoof and finishes hers off as well, keeping their eyes locked the entire time. "So...what did you think of this one? I changed the recipe again. I think its a step in the right direction." The pegasus seemed to change the recipe every other week, though in many cases it was incredibly subtle, if discernable at all to the candy maned mare.

19:00 < Sweet_Treat> (Fuck gotta run off to hobby lobby. Running out of supplies I'll need tomorrow. Umm I'll post from my phone though)

19:02 Candy_Floss smiles softly at her friend and rubs her hoof consolingly. "It's okay, dear. I just don't want you to get too overwhelmed in competition... you're both ponies, and both my friends." At Sweet_Treat's question, she looks back to her glass, not sure what to say. She hadn't actually noticed any difference, anything the mare would have changed would have been too subtle for her untrained taste buds. "It seemed... more fluffy? and maybe a bit smoother," she says hesitantly. "I can't say I noticed much though."

19:02 < Candy_Floss> ( sounds good, don't worry about phone posting :P )

20:18 Sweet_Treat relaxes further as she feels teh gentle masage on her hoof and gives a slow steady nod to Candy_Floss. "He's alright I guess..." she says, though her eyes give a little flutter as she imagines August. The mare leans in expectantly as she listens to the newest critique from her friend. She was just sure that this newest change had been an improvement. As she hears candyfloss's critique she deflates a bit. She'd recently changed the amount of vanilla in the vanilla layer and added just a hint of powdered vanilla bean to help bring out the flavor. "Hmmm really? I guess...maybe this week wasnt as much of an improvemnt as I thought before." She turns asside and begins to jot down notes in her recipe book, a long leatherbound journal tha contained every one of her hundreds of iterations on her shakes. "Do you think I should make it fluffier and smoother? I do worry about too much air and not enough substance though..."

20:19 < Sweet_Treat> (Back now~)

20:39 Candy_Floss frowns at her friends reaction. "Oh no, I mean, I think it was as good as ever, the vanilla was fantastic! Well, you uhh, could make it fluffier? I guess I really don't know all that much about the art of making a perfect shake," she spurts out, flustered. "At least not as much as you! I don't think you've ever made anything I didn't like." She peers over at Sweet_Treat's journal, a mysterious little book that she carried around with her everywhere, never parting with it for a moment. "Don't take my thought too seriously, all I really know is sugar..." She watches the mare scribble away, not able to read what she writes. A yawn slowly forces itself out, even as she tries to stifle it. "Hmmm, after that delicious thing all I want to do is nap."

20:39 < Candy_Floss> ( I missed the ping at first D: )

20:45 < Sweet_Treat> (Darn it Candy_Floss you made me yawn! xP)

20:46 Sweet_Treat continues to write as Candy_Floss explains her thoughts and then once satisfied, finishes making her notes and stashes the pen in the binding before slipping it into her bag. "Alright, well I'll see what I can do for you next time. Maybe just a little bit more cloud will do waht you'd like~" Sweet_Treat gives the candy colored mare a warm smile as she yawns and then moments later she cant help but catch it herself. She reaches up a hoof to cover her mouth before grabbing the dishes and giving them a quick rinse in the sink, talking as she does so. "Tired? I guess I could go for a little bit of resting myself. Its been a busy and stressful day, but plenty rewarding." Putting them on the drier she turns back to her friend. "So Candy_Floss, do you want to head back to your place? Its closer."

20:54 < Candy_Floss> ( cartoon yawns are contagious! also my phone isn't beeping :I )

21:05 Candy_Floss catches herself blushing a bit at Sweet_Treat smiles. She wasn't /in love/ with her, per se, but she did find the pegasus super cute. "I look forward to it, then!" she says, smiling back. "Not so busy or stressful for me, but I'm always up for some cuddly naps with friends~." She hops off of her stool, landing on all fours. "Yeah, I think my place would be nice. I do have a few things to take care of at my shop." She waits for her friend to finish, and heads out of the shop with her, walking side by side toward the candy store.

21:13 Sweet_Treat giggles as she catches her freinds blush, and nods in exceitment. She puts the last couple of things away and heads on out from behind the counter to walk close to her friend. A feathered wing slips off her side and gently drapes across Candy_Floss's withers. The mare knew how much her friend enjoyed her touch and gave a soft squeeze of her wing as they begin walking out. Even though she never did have a thing for mares, she too could certainly enjoy the closeness of another pony. The door closes with a jingle and then the shake mare breaks away briefly to lock it. "Oh? I didnt drag you away while you were in the middle of doing anything important did I?" She asks, returning once again to candy's side.

21:35 < Sweet_Treat> (Candy_Floss)

21:40 Candy_Floss shivers gently as she feels her friend's wing cover her, and she turns with an appreciative smile. Her blush still shows, turning her cream face into a soft orange. Candy knows her friend isn't particularly into mares, and she respects that! But she does love to be held in Sweet_Treat's hooves, nuzzled by her pink snout. It was no matter though, she does get her time with Sweet, and she's sure

21:41 Candy_Floss that her friend has other stallions she's interested in. Candy does wonder though, the two haven't talked about their love lives in a while, beyond gossipping about the ice cream stallion. She turns to her as they walk, "Nothing important, just some quick cleaning. How have things been going, meet any new stallions? It's been some time since you've told me anything."

21:54 Sweet_Treat nods back in understanding as she catches the gleam in her friends eyes and shuffles her feathers across the mare's back. She too enjoyed her friends playful touch, and the wonderful massages she seemed to have picked up. And Candy_Floss had to be one of the most enjoyable ponies to have preen her wings, somehow the earth mare still knew all the right spots. Her mind wanders for a second before it snaps back to reality with the question. At that, Sweet_Treat stops for a second and coughs, blushing brightly. "I umm...well I've met a couple new stallions who seem cute and kind, though I have a feeling they're not in it for the long haul..." She says, thinking back to a particularly boisterous blue pone she'd met the other night. "I dont know, I think maybe I'm just too busy for me to find time to think about dating. I've got my career ahead of me~" Candy was sure to know, however, that the reason they'd been gossiping so much about August was that despite their rivallry, the pink coated mare had been developing a little bit of a crush on him recently. When she thought about stallions, he always came to her mind, not that she'd actually admit that to herself, let alone anypony else.

21:55 < Candy_Floss> ( I see it this time! :D )

21:55 < Sweet_Treat> ( :D)

21:58 Candy_Floss leans over and nuzzles her neck in understandingly. "I'm sure when the time is right, you'll find your special somepony.

21:58 < Candy_Floss> ( errr oops )

21:58 < Candy_Floss> ( ^j sucks )

22:01 < Arta> (Blue pone...Seaward Skies?)

22:01 < Candy_Floss> ( I was thinking Gyro :o )

22:01 < Arta> (Ohhhhhh)

22:01 < Sweet_Treat> (It can be whoever you want. I was thinking gyro too :P)

22:01 < Arta> (Oh, boisterous is the clue)

22:02 < Arta> (Can't see Seaward being all that boisterous, really)

22:07 Candy_Floss leans over and nuzzles her neck in understandingly. "I'm sure when the time is right, you'll find your special somepony," she whispers. "I would bet on it. A beautiful, hard-working, driven mare like you, well even I-- I mean, uh, I know how hard you're working to make your dream a reality. Don't let anything stand in the way of it." She lets the air fill with silence for a few moments, before breaking it with an admission of her own. "To be honest... I'm thinking of settling down my self. I've been... trying to date, find ponies I'm interested in, but I just haven't been able to find that spark, you know?" She pauses her speech to open up the door to her shop, letting her friend in before her. "As always, make yourself at home. I'll just be back in the kitchen for a few minutes."

22:22 Sweet_Treat shivers at the touch and lets out a long sigh. "Ya I'm sure I will..." She stops for a second lingering on that painted stallion and then shakes her head. As Candy_Floss continues she starts for a second. Her best freind wasnt crushing on her...was she?" She fidgets for a second before giving Candy_Floss a reasssuring smile in the slience. "You settle down? Dont be silly Candy_Floss," she says with a cheerful laugh, "I dont know if I could see you with your spirit settled down. You'd best find a stallion who can keep up with you instead~" she gives the mare a little nudge and then steps inside the candy shop. The warm smell of confectionaries greets her nose as she begins to wander around within it, this time being much more careful not to knock any displays over. "Alright, well I'll be around. If you need any help go ahead and ask~"

22:38 < -> Bowstring is now known as Cecil

22:39 Candy_Floss giggles and shakes her head. "I'm finding that to be a problem!" she exclaims, "I meet lots of stallions and mares, but still. I can't see myself tied down I guess. Yet I still have some drive to." She heads to back of her shop, and turns back to Sweet_Treat. "Actually, I could use some help scrubbing one of these vats, if you don't mind..." She continues into the kitchen, a tight little room packed full all sorts of equipment, filled with an almost painful sweet smell. This place was Candy's home, and all of her confectionery equipment were her babies. She grabs some cleaning supplies out of the cabinet and tosses a sponge over to Sweet_Treat. "It's this sweet little thing right here~" she says, rubbing the vat gently. "I've had him since I started in this business, my first purchase. He's like a colt to me."

22:46 Sweet_Treat flashes a knowing smile at the mare, watching her as she disapears towards the back. Sweet perks up at the request and makes her way back there as well, shuffling past the shelves of candy. "You just need to find yourself some pony who doesnt want to be tied down as well. And of course I'll help. As the mare enters the room she looks around her friends secret chamber and takes a long deep breath. The delightful mingling of all sorts of treats tickles her nose as she takes a deep breath. "Oh it smells wonderful in here. You should put this scent into candles, you'd make a fortune~" Sweet catches the sponge and rubs a hoof along the edge of te vat. Parts of the outside wer blackened and tarnished by the heat, and inside it appeared to be caked in crusted caramel. "Looks like it sees a fair bit of use too. We'll get it all cleaned up." She begins to scrub at teh surface, not one to turn down hard work.

22:47 < Arta> (oh man, caramelized sugar is a pain to clean up DX )

22:48 < Sweet_Treat> (oh yes it is. terrible!)

22:48 < Sweet_Treat> (/me gets Arta coated in caramelized sugar and then is forced to lick it all off.)

22:49 < Arta> (Hmm, I don't know if that's a punishment or not~_

22:52 < Sweet_Treat> (~~~)

22:58 Candy_Floss gets to work on the sugar-coated metal as well, having cleaned this out many a time. "Thanks for helping with this, it's never my favorite part of the the candy-making process. But it does need to be done." She puts her back into it, occasionally sneaking peeks at her friend, who was so cute when she was focused. With the two of them, it seemed to only take a fraction of the time, whether it was because they actually did work faster, or because it doesn't seem nearly as much like work when you're with a friend, she couldn't tell. Wiping her forehead, she put away all the supplies. "And after all that, I really am exhausted, as I can imagine you are too. To bed?"

23:05 Sweet_Treat 's tail flits bakc and forth as she puts her effort into slowly scrubbing away at the surface, doing her best to do a throuough job. "Dont worry abotu it Candy_Floss. I'm always glad to help out a friend, and, you helped me out with a pickle this morning. I couldnt imagine what would have happened if I didnt have that fudge for my customers tomorrow. It would be horrifying," she explains. THe mare is way too focused on cleaning the pot to notice the stolen glances, as she did tend to get wrapped up into things. Finally the pot is clean and she sets it asside, looing over at Candy_Floss. "Alright, well I guess thats every thing." She says, watching her friend wrap up. "Yes, I think that might be best. It looks like you could use just a little bit a brushing, maybe a litte scalp mmassage to go along with that~"

23:15 Candy_Floss leans over and wraps a hoof around her friend. "Oh come now, you worry too much. I know you always keep some in reserve, and some reserve for that reserve. I think you just wanted to spend a bit of time with your sweet friend today." At her offer, Candy gives a show of dramatic consideration, countering with her own offer: "I would like that, yes, if you let me do a bit of preening~. I've been getting better at it, learning from a griffon herself." She starts toward the stairs, up to her room. "Come on!"

23:18 < -> Arta is now known as Midwatch

23:21 Sweet_Treat stiffens for a sexond as she feels the hoof wrap around her body and then relaxes, leaning in against Candy_Floss's chest. "Oh well...I mean that reserve is...well...its your old fudge recipe that I've kept in the icebox...its uhh...your new stuff is better!" She says chearfully. When the mare hears the counter offer a warm smile flows across her lips. "Oh, have you now? And here I thought you were already marvelous at the task. I could not imagine what you must be like now~" WIthout any further prompting, Sweet_Treat bounds up the stairs behind Candy_Floss and then flies over hier to flop into the bed, before turning to her side invitingly. "Well, are you gonna join me~"

23:32 Candy_Floss giggles as her friend soars past her. "Look at you, and I'm usually the one with endless enthusiasm!" She takes her time, climbing up onto the bed and lying next to her friend. Her hooves reach out, pulling the mare close, letting her head rest on Candy's chest. With her hooves gently massaging the mare's side, she can feel Sweet_Treat relax and melt in her legs. "Well, my sweet, what sounds good first? Brushing? Preening?" She wanted to say something more, but bit her tongue, respecting her friend enough to not push her luck.

23:39 Sweet_Treat scoots over into Candy_Floss's open arms as she reaches for her, nestling right up against that fuzzy chest. SHe takes a deep breath, smelling her friends wonderfully candy scented mane and lets outa sigh. As the hooves move across her sidesshe begins to relax further and lets her own hooves trail down candy's back to rest upon her toned flanks. She had just closed her eyes as she enjoyed her friends presence when they pop back open. Right, she had offered to brush Candy_Floss and she was supposed to get preened. "Hmmm...well...I'm not sure that I would be alert enough after one of your preening sessions, so perhaps I ought to brush you first?" Her eyes dart over to the nightstand, just out of reach, with a baby blue brush resting on it.

23:48 Candy_Floss sighs a hot breath into Sweet_Treat's mane, loving her friend's gentle caress. She nods, and says, "Good point, wouldn't want to miss out on that brushing, not from you." She lets go of Sweet and rolls herself over, closer to the night stand, grabbing the brush. "You might be wanting this," she says with a flirty wink. Moving herself back into position, that is to say, sprawling across the bed, taking as much space as she can, she grabs a pillow and stuffs it under her head. She hand the brush over to the pegasus beside her. "I'm ready when you are!"