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(OOC: D'OH! Forgot it would be my turn after Mojo! >_< ) Madam Bistro felt relived that Braeburn was making an effort to tone things down for Miss Snowfall. Her relief was enough that she felt her stomach rumble at the sight of the apple fritters. The mocha mare took one as well and smiled in thanks "Please thank your cousin for me, Braeburn.These smell divine!" She stifled a giggle at Sherrif Silverstar's admonition to eat them slowly and nodded politely. These were not treats to wolf down but to savor with each bite. Her ears perked with the surprise that Doc Holly Day was from Canterlot. "Oh my! I would never have guessed!" As Bistro was processing that information, Maximillian moved near to her. Apparently, Braeburn's constant hints to Max from last evening had its effect as she heard him whisper to her. She raised her fan and fluttered it to hide the slight smile and blush. Hopefully she could keep the flirting to a dull roar today as she still felt responsible somehow for the bad feelings last night.. At least Max was off to a good start on keeping it low key.

Ok, finally got around to trying the challenge in photoshop. I didnt' have anyone timing me so I stopped when I thought a minute had passed. I hope my time sense was accurate. Check it out! Stare Master! I cant really pick a fave out of the three episodes because they were all so awesome, but the STARE was the most concrete image I could think of I could do in a minute.

Flim was about to explain what the machine does when the rain of fruit started. He levitated a trash can lid over to act as a shield and put himself between the crowd and Reno. "Egad! The whistles were for your safety. You may have noticed nopony pulls our pride and joy! Fillystines! Fillystines and Rubes in fair Canterlot! What silliness has befallen Celestia's city?" The knot of ponies were finally leaving, hopefully from his words when Flam was hit. "Flam!" the unicorn moved to help his brother and take the pumpkin off. "Dear Brother Flam, Speak to me, are you okay?"

Snails was still excited the first couple minutes, then started getting worried as Pathfinder was doing about as well as he would at carving a badge. The orange unicorn looked through the glass at his buddy, and at Rainbow Dash and some of the other ponies he had seen around town. "Dont worry, ya will get in." He sidled over to peer into the booth "Um, 'scuse me Miss Pathfinder, ma'am... D'ya want me ta find.. some extra hooves?" At the last second, Snails decided saying "...Find a woodcarving pony...." might make her sad...

In any case, Im holding off on posting there until Muffin Top posts so I know which way to go.

(OOC: from the bio, it sounds like Honovi is from a rival herd to Thunderhooves', yes? ) Thorn was taken aback that the young buffalo seemed to be taunting him with the robbery and practically daring him to chase and catch him. "Chief Thunderhooves will not be pleased at this robbery, ...or are you even from his tribe, thief? He would not allow such shenanigans to endanger the two buffalo that visit our town." The russet jack trotted after the brash bull, unable to understand what was said as he approached a house that somepony had moved into recently, but he had not yet met them. "Unhoof that root beer, Ruffian!" The dapper donkey stopped in surprise as he saw a small jenny, about his age he guessed. He moved to keep facing the buffalo, but stealing glances to the jenny "Um, Good Afternoon, Miss. Sorry for the disturbance. I am Thorn, from the Bistro B&B, and I heard this thief daring somepony to catch him." He suddenly drew himself up boldly, grinning at a thought as he looked at Honovi, moving to try and cut him off "I dont' suppose you have thought your daring plan through?"

Thorn chuckled softly at the sherrifs predicament, now clearly not in any hurry to leave and relieved at Louise having calmed down. "Well, Doc. how often would you see us practicing and performing, by the way? Or shall we see how practice goes first?" Meanwhile, Candy fluffed her wings and folded them when Dan finished. "Oh that is a very fair price, sir." She counted out the bits and a couple extra as a tip "Your horn magic has such a soothing touch. I'll make sure I tell any pegasi I find in the area." She checked the pocket watch in her saddlebag "I may as well hang around to talk to Louise. It's not time to head back with the supplies."

Thorn's stretched and shook his head, still a little in shock from having Dusty crash into the room and jump out the window again before Geary could help him. The donkey nodded to Geary "Oh well, I'll see about ordering more window glass then.." Suddenly, Doc Holly Day rose to the challenge and stood among the mess, his magic slowly pulling the window back together. Thorn was flat out amazed, his mouth hanging open, even as the last crack vanished. The russet donkey brayed when the unicorn passed out, and galloped off to get some pillows and a blanket. He dropped them by the unicorn "Help me get him on these pillows. He spent himself like sometimes happened in Canterlot. He'll be out for a bit." So saying, Thorn worked to help get him up on the pillows.

The twins smile and laugh happily as they fly along "Maybe someday there will be air ships coming here." "Yes, big enough even your chief would feel safe riding." Lightning Horn gasps "You ponies have devices that fly for you? How big are they?" Shanna laughs "Oh, the ship part is typically as big as the town hall there." while hoss added "And the bag of lifting gas is easily as big, holding it like a pegasus cloud." The young adult buffalo went wide eyed in awe "Wowww!" Over in Madam Bistro's, After the spit take by his brother, Flim wipes his dripping face dry. "It's unfortunate but true, those selfless ponies -for bits will not pursue. However you put it, Gratis, or Complimentary... They are doing it entirely for... welllll...." With a shake of his head, Flim gobbles down his sandwich under the watchful gaze of the mocha mare.

(OOC:might as well answer to bump this back on top) Amber eeked as Balance let go of the device with his horn power and she was distracted by the crash. She fought to use only her horn power since she might need all the magic in her wand to fight Discord, and managed to set the blue box back upright. The unicorn mare panted and dripped sweat as she looked at the strange earthpony "I am sorry Doctor, is your... transportation okay after all that?" She peered at the strange device in his hooves "Is that your wand? I have never seen a earth pony with one. In any case, do you feel up to giving us a hoof? we were chasing a suspect in all this chaos, and something crashed in that same direction..." She eeeped as she heard strange voices coming from nearby where the crash was "Um, I hope its friendly..."

(OOC: this could get really funny... Shanna slowly came back out from behind the stump after the strangely excited unicorn came back, followed by a pegasus mare she thought might recognize her from Cloudsdale. Lightning Dancer, was it? "Oh dear, Zecora is really busy today!" She stroked the owl now not much bigger than herself, hoping she would not have to wait long before others leave. Suddenly, Zecora forced the issue, waving at her to come in and asking her to do so. The filly fluttered her tiny wings nervously and skittered in, sparing a glance at Lightning Dancer, thinking and hoping * ...Dont recognize me! dont recognize me! etc... * Shanna blushed, seeing Fluttershy was indeed there and would recognize the pet owl, Blizzard. She hoped the notoriously shy mare would not bother to ask anything with so many ponies around. It helped her comfort level there were other foals in the room so she could blend in somewhat. Faint blue dots would be visible all over her at close range though. the bay filly gave a quick bow "Thank you Zecora." and added in somewhat rusty Unyasi < If you remember me, try not to use my name in front of Lightning Dancer. I'm embarrassed enough as it is... >

Carrot Cake already being in Canterlot, having just delivered the sugar and other items, does make sense. Ponies asking to join in is a good sign at least, if you feel up to having more drop in right away. Players will probably drop in and out of the thread just like a real donut shop as they run out of reasons to be there. At the least, the Pony Joe RP thread will be a good springboard for me to launch a thread later where Candy is taking the Manticore mentioned in-game out to the far side of the Everfree for release.

Re; the Pony Joe thread here. I'm starting this so we can get everyone currenlty playing there (or who have been invited by neccesity) on the same page and brainstorm about the events going on there. -Especially with Pumpkin Cake. MuffinTop and Tempest Rime are being invited to this as the players of Carrot Cake and Pinkie Pie, respectively. My pegasus, Candy Catch-em has a tentative plan on sending the air yacht she had arm twisted a customer into providing for transport of a Mantacore (not yet loaded), into a sudden side trip to pick up one of the parents or someone Pumpkin trusts to come and get her.

Flim grinned as he watched Reno having loads of fun, making ponies who had never seen a device like theirs before run out of the way. "That's it Reno, have some fun! Make the jay walkers run, run, run!" He perked his ears toward Flam and caught a cautionary note behind the words. Realizing Reno was indeed making quite a disturbance, he bowed to Flam's thinking and siezed on the distraction. "Quite right my Dear Brother Flam, I know that place to eat, The menu is tried and true, What do you say, Reno? Today is for you."

Candy whewed in relief as Louise calmed down and embraced the idea of the 'make up gift' with great zeal. She was definitely as firey as some of the mares she wrote about in her books. She was sure the sherrif was going to have an excting life with Miss LaMare around... The orange mare settled down and let Dapper Dan continue with her wings. "Oooh that feels so relaxing.... Oh Louise, I think you'll like the article in that "Equestrian Geographic" on Ponyville in it's pioneer days, with period tintypes and water colors. The Smith family looked quite striking too."

Madam Bistro watched Geary and listened as he trailed off into a train of thought, whispering figures to himself, then back aloud, deep in thought. He suddenly came back to himself and apologized. Bistro waved a hoof absently "Oh, I dont' mind. I never interrupt the people who are obviously masters of their art when they are thinking. It may spoil the end results. It sounds like your way would be more cost effective. How often would I need to add more ice? A day, a Week? Longer?" She smiled and pulled a quill from her saddlebag "In any case it looks like I have my answer. Shall we work out an agreement? In any case you have time before the basement is dug out behind my place to think of any special details. My plan so far is to build the basement, and then the hotel addition will be built on top of it." Her ears suddenly perked up as Metal Maker offered to make shoes for the mares in the room. Bistro turned to the blacksmith "Oh I would love that, do you have the time today?"

That's why I'd prefer popping in as a unicorn, even if I would love to fly as a pegasus. I think I could get the hang of a horn faster than using my mouth and that strange manipulatory effect the ponies seem to have on the flats of their hooves. (I do suspect the IRL mini horses I help care for could pick up a dime with their lips if they wanted to) I would just LOVE to see what I could do with paint or graphite, directly floating it to the illustration board or canvas without messing with brushes.

(OOC: I wasnt sure if the time was early morning or from noon to 1. Since early morning would be the coolest part of day to actually get things done, I would guess the other time slot.) Thorn the Donkey thought this time of day was too quiet since many ponies were sleeping off the worst part of the heat. Not Thorn, donkies were made for rugged extremes it seemed. Which often made him wonder why there werent more donkeys in Appleossa. Oh well, maybe more would move in to work on the railroad soon. His ears twitched to the sound of glass clinking... wait, wasnt' the general store missing some root beer lately? This time of day would be perfect for it to have happened... Suspicions aroused, the donkey quietly trotted outside, in time to hear ''..'Ey! Anypony, or anybody 'dere?' He poked his head around the corner to look down the street, and saw a young buffalo, a smallish one at that. -with an entire case of root beer! Thorn brayed challengingly "I'm here. Where did you come by that root beer?"

Flam braced his hooves and grinned as he placed himself where Reno could hop onto a seat if he wished to. "Ready my Dear Brother Flam! Watch this, Cousin Reno. ...And a Bing Bang Zoom!" Flim's horn generated a brilliant green glow, the equal of Flam's shooting into the device and starting it up with a series of chuffs and wheezes. The steam whistle tooted as pressure built up. Flim handed Reno a chord "We will soon be on our way, there's so much to see today! And our trip will be lots of fun! Cousin Reno, if you may. Help clear our way, Help our SSCS6K to run. When you see a pony in the way, warn them away!" Flim pulled the chord to make the whistle toot in example, and a top-hatted pony in front of them jumped to the sidewalk in front of "Bistro's B&B -At Canterlot Station".

Amber Wands smiled at the strange pony "Certainly Doctor." She concentrated, and her horn glowed, lifting the strange blue box upright. "If it sent you here to do something, it must be to stop Discord and whoever freed him. We were chasing a suspect when you arrived. Would you like to help us find this wierd adolescent pony? He may be the key to why you are here." She turned to Balance Scales, suddenly realizing he had asked what Discord was. "Um, you asked what we were talking about with Discord earlier right? A god of Chaos, in the form of a mix of Dragon and pony, a dragonequis, with bits of other beasts thrown in? Loves to do strange and bizzare things to ponies like we were his pets or something? That is Discord." Just then, there was a bang as a red metallic pony hit a tree nearby. "Oh dear! What was that?!"

Thorn brayed cheerfuly as Cherry Jubilee replied to him. "We thank you for the recipie, and of course we use your cherries for them since yours is the closest orchard. Anytime you come to visit Appleoosa, feel free to stop by. Madam Bistro would be happy to see you." Just then, a whiff of a strong smell hit his nose when the wind shifted, making him cough. he pulled a cloth from his saddlebag and put it over his nose "Oh Celestia, what is that?" He looked over to the very shaggy pony and the pile of stuff he had pulled from his hair, and a basket ball bumped against his hooves... oh that would be it. Thorn flicked a hoof to send the ball back to Pigpen and idly hoped Applejack had a strong stomach... Meanwhile, at the lake, Flim of the Flim Flam Brothers trotted over to his brother to help him walk "Dear Brother Flam, It sounds like you've had the worse jam. Our outfits are ruined, our bodies sore -but at least apples and kisses we did score." Flim sighed and shook his head, stopping singing for the moment "I tried plan A like you did, but some pegasus saw through me and threated to tell so I went with plan B -for Bribery. He got angry and spun me through the air until I was sick, then dropped me at Applejack's hooves. All her kin were set to send me into next week. But she...she kissed me...on the cheek! After all we did to her and her kin, she was...Honest! -and followed through on her deals. We each have our bushel of apples too." He shook his head in stunned wonder as he helped his brother in the direction of their SSCS6K.... [Flim and Flam exit the thread] (OOC; after checking with Mojo, I figure it best for the brothers to exit by edit.)

Snails was happily playing knight, when the train suddenly jerked under him, banging his head on the wall with a clank. After his head stopped ringing he saw Pinchy and some of the others looking out the door. Even Remington was awake and alarmed. Snails gasped "Oh No! I'm gonna be in so much trouble! Mom and Dad cant find me now! Ah promised Ah'd stay near th' arcade!" Suddenly a green fllly got his attention, along with everypony else's. ...well he thought she was talking about stopping the train. Her accent was stranger than many he had heard from the Nimbusgait region his family had moved from, but he thought that's what "mockers" meant. He trotted along with the others, a worried look on his face. "Ah hope we kin stop th' train..."

(OOC: apologies to everyone for the delays, trying to catch up in this post..) Hoss chuckled at the Duke's response to his teasing his sister in setting them up, and even giving back some teasing of his own with the comment he might be the one beating the stallions away from his sister. Shanna blushed and smiled at the invitation for them to stop at Fetlock Hall and make use of the estate's observatory whenever their travels took them that way "We would be most honored to do so, Duke Polaris. Thank you for your gentelmanly hospitality" Hoss nodded "Yes, we humbly thank you, Duke Polaris..." He turned to Jubilee, who was so star-struck, she might not have heard the question about her career. "Much as I would like to tell her specialty, I think my bright star, Jubilee, would like to tell you about herself..." and gave her a friendly nudge. Shanna came in beside Jubilee supportively, from the other side... . The twins nodded and bowed respectfully as the Duke apologized and moved off with a purposeful stride. They hoped Jubilee's response made a good impression on the Duke. At least he listened to her politely before responding to a cry of danger from somewhere near the buffet table. Shanna and Hoss looked around, and spotted an elegantly dressed zebra wearing a sword, who then removed it and set it aside as he looked a little uneasy. Shanna nudged Hoss, "While he has a sword, he doesnt look like the danger the Duke is responding to. Perhaps he would feel more welcome talking to ponies who have been to Unyasi?" Hoss nodded "A good suggestion, Sis." He turned to Jubilee, "How about you hon?" When he turned back, his sister had already headed over to the zebra. Shanna trotted over to Giza and greeted him in passable zebra "< Bright the morning, sir. > I am Shanna Skybright. How do you like this event so far?"

(OOC: shall we try to get Carrot Cake or Pinkie Pie's player involved? Is there even a player for Cup Cake?) Candy Catch-em watched as the foal was enjoyed her ride immensely, and Pony Joe fretting over figures. This little adventure must be costing him a lot! She fluttered her wings in thought for a moment, then went to the counter "My best customer is going to be captaining the yacht for me and would probably do a side trip to Ponyville for me. I cant imagine taking the foal on board without a parent. No telling what she would get up to without someone she would listen to. so they'll have to go to Ponyville first to get at least one of the parents. This should not take long by air, especially with the Mantacore not on board yet. Better still for you Joe is the crew will get very hungry with the extra trip. I'll see if I can talk them into coming here." Candy stepped outside for a moment and blew on a whistle. several birds came out from their hiding spots to stay out of the rain and flew up to her. She pointed out a raven "Ok Barnabas, you will do nicely, Could you please deliver a note for me and bring back a reply?" The raven nodded, and waited as she wrote out a note, stuffing it in a tube. "Here you go. Hurry back." A soon as the raven left, Candy came back inside. "We shall hopefully get a good response on his willingness to zip off to Ponyville.

Shanna watched as Zecora's hut was very busy today indeed. To her surprise the Mayor mare of Ponyville came out of the gnarled swamp tree. Shanna quickly ducked down. She didnt' know if the Mayor would recognize her or even know her, even if her and her brother were frequent visitors to Ponyville, but she really didnt' feel like taking a chance. After the Mayor went around the bend in the trail, the filly got back on the stump, to see Zecora look at her from inside and give her a wink. Shanna shyly waved and wondered if she should wait on the strange unicorn to leave, or just go on in...