| GoV: Robin's Old Friend | ||
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| Summary: In the forest, an old friend from Robin's past shows up.   |
S. V. Strimla, is, meanwhile, flying nearby on steel-feathered wings... The sound of the thwack, however, rings true through the forest. "Eh?" she says, unsure of who would be cutting down trees out here. Fluttershy has been keeping an eyeout for hunters....and as she's watering her plants and flowers, several forest animals and birds rush up to her and chitter excitedly! "Hmm? Oh...someone is chopping down a tree? Where?" she asks, the birds, squirrels and bunnies chirp back, "Over near the clearing? It's not a hunter is it?" They chirp chirp squeak! "I'd better go take a look!" She flaps her small wings and follows the animals towards the strange human.... The definite female sounding but slightly androgynous looking figure THWACKS at the tree again before stopping and taking a deep breath. "Ahhh, this is gonna take forever," she mutters before SHOVING insistantly. "Come on tree...please?" When the tree obvious doesn't respond, 'break' time is over and it's back to putting DETERMINATION into trying to chop it down. S. V. Strimla of course can't land in the middle of the forest! She comes in for a landing at the clearing, folding up her wings before they evaporate away feather by feather. She sees Fluttershy flying towards the odd... it's a girl, right? Yeah, Strimla's pretty sure the would-be lumberjack is female... there are only so many clues from behind, though! She steps forward after Fluttershy, just in case there's any trouble... but still doesn't pull her sword just yet. Fluttershy lands near the..person? She's not that familiar with human sexes to be really sure. "Um...e-excuse me, um...but why are you chopping down that tree?" He /she's not doing a very good job at it, 'Is there...um..some good reason? I'd hate to see such a lovely tree chopped down...um..for no reason...." The human startles a little and nearly falls over from the combination of the weight of her self made axe and her own over extension. She's used to hard work, but she's not used to cutting wood that wasn't already out of tree form with a crappy, emergency, self formed axe. "AH! I-err I'm sorry...I thought I was well enough away from people. This ain't your land is it? I didn't mean to hurt anythin'..." S. V. Strimla furrows her brow as she steps into the immediate area. She could swear she head this voice somewhere before. Then again, how many people does Robin serve at the Nekohanten any given day? Maybe the girl-And Strimla is certain it's a girl now, the voice makes her fairly certain of that-has been there a few times? She stays silent for the moment... It's Fluttershy's(well, the ponies') woods, not hers. And it sounds like this would-be lumberjack might be reasonable, anyway. Fluttershy says, "Um..well...you are hurting the tree...um...are you trying to make a house?" She steps forwards, flocked by her animal friends, "Um...i don't think you're quite...um..prepared for that....."" The boyish looking girl blushes slightly and rubs at the back of her own neck. "Well, kinda yeah....I dunno where I am, and I need to take care of some things, so I was going to start trying to build myself a farm... Yeah, it's not going great. I kinda expected that, but...where there's a need, then by damned I'm gonna at least try." S. V. Strimla finally steps fully up to Fluttershy's side, a look of mild irritation in her features as she's sure she knows this boyish looking girl before somewhere, but she can't quite place it. "...A farm? Out here?" She looks back down to Fluttershy, asking, "Do we help her or chase her off? I figure you and the other ponies get the real say here." She then looks back to the other girl. . o O ( Damnit! She's not just a customer, I know her from somewhere, but where the heck would I know her from? ) Fluttershy says, "Um...well.....I don't mind as long as you're not hurting anything, um, but this really isn't a good spot for a farm....I'd go out to the edge of the forest where there's space already...and we have a farm pony who I'm sure would be happy to help. Oh, um...I'm sorry, my name's Fluttershy and this is my friend Strimla..." she bows her head in greeting." "Well yeah, I didn't want to get all up in someone's property, and most these places I've seen are highly populized or they just ain't good for farm space... I thought that area outside of the forest was already taken, with that fenced up tree an all..." The boyish girl bows her head in turn, if with a bit too much energy, almost putting herself off balance again, due to all the awkwardness. "I'm Danny...I just showed up here...I think a couple of days ago now. And I've got a couple of mouths to feed, so I was kinda in a rush to take care of things." S. V. Strimla frowns a bit more deeply as she's trying to figure it out. S. V. Strimla frowns a bit more deeply as she's trying to figure it out. She shifts her weight to her right as she ponders, listening in almost half-heartedly. She nods a bit absently as Fluttershy talks, then frowns slightly. "Farm Pony? did another of your friends show up?" she asks... then tilts her head as the girl introduces herself. "Danny... Danny..." Suddenly Strimla's eyes widen greatly and she takes a step back in surprise. "Daniella?!" Fluttershy says, "Oh, yes...Applejack arrived, and I...oh, you know, um," she she's still not sure, "Um...Danny....uh...elle..."" Danny raises a brow and looks over Strima, even more at a loss than she'd already been. "Huh, how in the blazes did you know 'bout that," she wonders, "I'm sure I hadn't told a single soul 'bout it." S. V. Strimla is by now laughing, then holds up a single finger to signal Danny to wait... but then suddenly stops. "Urg... well, uhhhh... yeah, about that..." She grimaces slightly. "Okay, so, uh... I'm guessing this is gonna take a lot of explaining, but..." She sighs and grips the gem in the center of the bow on her chest, and twists. Her skin seems to turn to ribbons of metal, flowing back into the gem itself, leaving behind... well, Robin, wearing modern clothing with his hoodie and modern shoes and everything. "....Uhhhh, yeah. It wasn't exactly you who first told me your name, ya know?" Fluttershy says, "Oh...my...Rainbow Dash is right....it's...like...everyone who comes here has abilities of some kind...." Danny tilts her head. "Robin Caldworth? What-ever-in-the-world? Why are y--errr nevermind, later.... I need to get Ace some food...and Smink...and me." She seems less concerned as the names go on, so whoever Ace is, is apparently her first priority. Fluttershy says, "Um....ace? Who is ace?" she blinks, "Oh, you did say you have mouths to feed...um...what kind of mouths?" Robin blinks. Twice. "Ace? Wait, you still have Ace?" He then frowns, looking away. "Or has it not been two years for you? Oh, it had to have, you look totally different now!" He laughs nervously, holding a hand behind his head as he does so. "Oh, I'm sure you'll like Ace, Flutters!" He smirks, then looks back to Danny. "But Danniella! Er, Danny!" He's going to respect the name she introduced herself as, he's decided. "Wow. Wow! I've not seen anyone from home since I went off to be an adventurer, this is just, wow!" He laughs a few times again, clearly nervous and unsure of what he should be saying or doing in this case. He's never actually seen someone after so long a time not seeing them before! "Oh it's definitely been a time alright. No one's let me forget the time's been passing since you left." Danny looks irritable for the shortest of moments, but it's quickly replaced with a big grin. "It's great to see you again though! I thought you'd be gone forever! I just wanna give you a hug for once...but um...then I'd squish Ace and Smink..." She blushes as she opens up the outter layer of clothing, letting out a rather fluffy little cloud of an EXHAUSTED looking chicken, and a black weasel. "Yeah, yeah....sorry it was so stuffy, but what ELSE did you want me to do," she seems to be asking the weasel. "OH! Sorry, it's nice to meetcha Fluttershy!" The chicken in question looking exhausted cause he's far too old for this non-sense. That kind of situation where he WAKES UP looking exhausted. Fluttershy says, "Oh...how cute, hello you two! You both must be very hungry...um...all three of you. If...you'll excuse me for just a moment..." she flies up into the tree..where she calls out; a large eagle appears. 'Mr. Eagle, I'd be ever so grateful if you could grab a fish or two for our weasel friend..." she then turns to several other birds, 'Could you please hurry back to my house and grab a bag of seeds, please? Thank you...you're ever so kind...Oh! and would you mind grabbing a few apples as well? thank you SO much!" She floats back down, "We'll have some food for you and your critters before you know it," she smiles." Robin frowns at that. "Well... I guess I kind of am? This... this isn't home, you know. This is less home than even the places I was off adventuring in before..." He looks back towards the east, towards the city. He then smirks and reaches forward to lightly pet at the chicken. "Hey there, Ace. You're looking..." He frowns slightly. "...venerable..." He then looks up at Fluttershy with a nod of thanks. "Well... yeah, wow," he says as he looks back at Danny. "You're, um... you're looking like you're doing good." His smile then fades a bit. "But... yeah, this is a completely different world from back home. But... I think it's better." Fluttershy says, "I'm sure we can help you find a place to sleep...um...chopping down this tree would, um, take way too long....." "Well...yeaaah...," Danny agrees, "Bad wording on my part..." She then smiles toward Fluttershy. "Thank you miss Fluttershy, you're being awful kind..." Ace gives a little cluck in reply to Robin, either being very tame or definitely remembering the guy. "I'm....I guess I'm okay for someone who suddenly got ripped from home without warning...and the buildings here...some of them look so...strange..." Robin frowns and scratches at the back of his head. "Um... I'd... invite you to stay at my place, but... it's kinda small and I've already got a roommate, so..." He then brightens somewhat. "Oh! I've still got my old camping equipment! I can head back to my apartment and get it! Uh, it might take me a bit of time, though..." He glances around slightly, then sighs. "I'll have to take a train and walk into here to get it here, though, and... Uhhh... yeah, can we explain the... transforming thing later?" He looks away sheepishly before gripping in front of his chest and twisting... and then the reverse of before happens, the streams of metal ribbons covering his body and leaving behind the Steel Valkyrie Strimla! She sighs and makes hand motions, bringing out her steel feathered wings. "I'll be back as soon as I can!" she shouts out before flying off. After a while, the eagle and birds return with the goods that Fluttershy asked for; she politely thanks them, giving the fish to the Fuzzy one and the seed to the birdy one and the apples to Danny. "I hope this will do for now...." she smiles softly. "I know what it's like to be in a strange place." Danny gives a little bow of her head toward the animals, bothering to thank them as well as thanking Fluttershy again. She'd thank Robin too, but he's turned back into a girl and gone off in a flash, so...she'll just thank him later. "Ace is my rooster. 'e's been around as long as I 'ave. ...I'm afraid he can't possibly have much more life in him at his age. The ol' fellow's all I have from home and he's my oldest friend, so I'm not giving up on him." She hesitantly lets the old chicken down...where he proceeds to try and eat a pebble instead of the food. "...poor senile fella'." She gently readjusts where his pecking is getting aimed so he eats the food instead. Smink, meanwhile, digs happily into the fish. "And Smink's grateful too, not that she'd admit it...probably threaten to eat Ace again in no time flat." Fluttershy smiles, sitting. "I'm sure he has a lot more life, I can tell," she giggles, "he just needs a little rest, I'm sure; roosters are very strong...um...and stubborn. I have my own chickens back home...I hope they're doing alright...my friend promised he'd take of them, but I do worry..." Danny nods in agreement. "Always kinda stressful leaving the animals to someone else. I mean sure, they're part of the livelihood and all, and some of them have to 'leave' eventually, but in the mean time they're all like family." Fluttershy says, "It's always a sad thing, yes," she nods, then smiles just a little, "When my friend's pet Tortoise had to hibernate, she was so, so sad, we'd never seen her in such a state. But...everything comes and goes and sometimes they don't come back...." Danny nods in agreement. Granted by 'leaves' she generally means they get made into food or sold off, but she's got enough tact to know not to bring that up in front of a talking pony... Granted she wouldn't know ANYTHING about talking animals if it weren't for Smink, but....everyone thinks she's crazy cause SHE'S the only one who can HEAR Smink talking. "So...that land outside of the forest...that's really ok to work with?" Fluttershy says, "I don't see why not....follow me..." She walks along the path towards the outskirts. "I'm okay with you staying...um..but please don't hunt the animals...they're my friends...and we ponies we'll do our best to help you out as much as we can...we live not far inside the forest; if you need me, just, um, tell one of the birds...they're my ears and eyes," she smiles just a little. Yep, she has the place wired." "I'm a farmer, not a hunter..." Danny replies before remembering, oh yeah Fluttershy gave HER food too. She noms on the apple as she walks with the pony. "So you can talk to animals and all," she wonders, "Or you just understand them?" Fluttershy says, "I can talk to them, we understand each other..that's my special gift," she continues walking. "And, one of my best friends is a farmer, I'm sure you'll get along, her name's Applejack; she just arrived, so, um..not that she'd admit it, but I'm sure she's feeling a bit homesick; she's away from her family after all..and that's not easy for anypony." Danny shakes her head. "'s not easy at all. I've never been away from my home town my whole life unless I was on some sort of work trip with ma' or pa', 'nd now I'm in a totally different world. Even if I WAS upset with ma' and pa' treating me like some kind of prize pig to auction off at the fair and all....it's still a bit much." Fluttershy says, "It's okay to get upset with your family. My brother...um..can really, you know, um...get me angry. He's better now, but sometimes....." Danny nods in agreement. "Love them to death but....traditional and normal or not, it still felt wrong getting offered up to every Tom, Dick, and Harry in town. I'm marrying age, yeah, but...I don't want to be married to someone I can't even stand being with for a few hours... Ah, sorry....that's all a bit much to go on about when I'm first meeting you." Fluttershy giggles and blushes just a bit, 'Well...you should be with the special somepony you want to be with...I've never had a special somepony; and, I really don't think I'm ready for that. Plus, um, there's only us mares here anyway, um, not that I really you know...um..." er voice just trails off. "Yeah, no someone special for me either..." Danny agrees again, "I just wanna be left to my business an' all. There's too much to be takin' care of without worrying about being a good wife to someone I don't even wanna marry." Fluttershy says, "I...couldn't even imagine being married...um...and to somepony I didn't want to marry. NO." She shakes her head. "here's the spot," she says, "I'm sure Strimla will be back soon with the tent and supplies for you." Danny smiles and nods. "Yeah...Robin's always been pretty reliable. He's callin' himself Strimla now though? ...and you guys live in those trees that were kinda...not really natural? Like that one with the fence around it?" Fluttershy nods, "Our friend twilight grew the trees with seeds from home...so we have a little bit of Equestris with us. It..it's hard not being home...but we can deal with it. You, um, don't seem too surprised by me...a lot of people are pretty shocked at first. Danny says, "Ehhh, knowing Smink helps a lot. If it wasn't for her, I'd probably think I was insane. ...Because of her it's just everyone ELSE thinks I'm insane. She talks to me but no one else ever seems to hear it. ...I almost think she does it on purpose... the little, furry snake..." Smink pops out of her clothing again. "Yeah, you're the most troublesome higher being I ever heard of!"" Fluttershy giggles softly, 'Friends make all the difference.' she smiles, 'I should get home now...I have a bunny that gets very cross f he gets dinner late. I'll come and check on you, and I'm sure, um, Robin will be along soon with your sleeping arrangement. It's nice to meet you," she bobs her head politely. Danny gives a little bow of her head in turn. "Nice to meetcha," she replies, "And you have a good night now, miss Fluttershy." Fluttershy says, "Take care now! Nice to meet you, little friends!" she says to her companions, then rises up in the air, heading home over the trees....." | |
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