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Madam Bistro trotted briskly to the new business just opened by the resourceful inventor that had repaired her ceiling fans. She moved at a pace that would keep her skirt stylishly closed and soon found the ew location. She stopped beside Jim and looked at the place "Oh my, hard to believe this was a wagon last time i had seen this..." She looked around to see of Geary was still outside or if he was inside. If she missed seeing him, she reached up to ring the bell...

The currently disguised Flim of the Flim-Flam Brothers, who had hidden their SSCS6k well outside town, was quite nervous. His brother Flam was in danger of having his disguise run like bad make-up with the water that rich filly was spraying on him. Meanwhile Granny Smith herself, sure to do more than call the brothers "bim-foozelers" if they were exposed was approaching him. If he wasnt already painted in country brown, he would have gone white as a ghost when Granny Smith asked him to sing. SING?! Like Charleyhorse Daniels?! "M-m-me? *ahem* Whal sure, ma'am. Ah kin give it a go. Ah must apologize fer mah voice t'night, Ma'am. Ah do have a frog in mah throat though so Ah surely may not sound right n' proper at it." "Charlyhorse Daniels" pulled the fiddle from his back. Good thing the brothers honed their musical talents on many instruments to wow the rubes... He also hoped he remembered the lyrics right and that the fiddle he grabbed for his costume was in tune. "...Discord went down to Horseland, he was looking for a soul to steal. He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind and he was willin' to make a deal. When he came across this young colt sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot..." (OOC; more lyrics in further posts, unless it all blows up in his face

(OOC: Flim seems to be missing from the line-up list. he arrived in the line after "Astral the witch" and before "Survey"...) Flim gave a quick wave at his brother after Flam looked back at him and evidently recognized him. He hoped his disguise would hold up better than Flam's disguise as a wealthy (and married) unicorn. Alas, a very perceptive lass was giving dear brother Flam "the hairy eyeball" and started questioning him. It was all Flim could do to keep from facehoofing himself when Flam made the slip about his disguise living in "Fillydelphia" *Oh Discord nooooo...* he thought, trying to keep a poker face, which was easier to do with a beard created with a "#24" trick. Flim managed not to whew in relief when Applebloom seperated the two ponies before the wealthy-looking filly could blow Flam's cover. Flam suddenly looked pleased that Applebloom was defending his disguise. *ohhh such a lucky pony...* he thought. For his part, Flim just hoped nopony would start yanking on his disguise since he didnt know if enchantments held up to rough handling. He suddenly saw Granny Smith looking at him, and gave a smile to "his" fan, hoping she wouldnt see through his Charleyhorse Daniels disguise...

Thorn chuckled "I and Madam Bistro arrived after that incident as well but I am told we should be glad to have missed it. From what I've heard of Pinkie Pie's antics over in Dodge Junction recently, I can believe it. At least we got the Cherrychanga on our menu from Bistro's B&B location in that town out of that incident." Candy raised an eyebrow "Dare I ask what a Cherrychanga is?" Thorn laughed "Well, the cherry orchard owner there seems to have worked out the recipie from Pinkie while she was there and shared it with Bistro's chain as long as we use her cherries." Candy giggled "Sneaky arrangement, but as long as it works out..."

(OOC: thread in the OOC section to discuss options -here.

This is for players in the Thread originally by Syron for his inventor character pony, Lucky Blue. I encountered the OP on another site and found he has left Canterlot. Since one of the players seems to be having some troubles, I'm opening discussion here so Jim can have input on things too. I feel we've got things rolling too much to just let the thread die and want to be sure we have a consensus on how to go on. Should we repost some of the thoughts from the message thread?

Hoss turned to Jubilee and smiled "If you feel up to it, sure! Some of these ponies might also be looking for entertainers for their events so you never know. In any case, this is the kind of crowd my mother knew growing up, and finding your groove in dealing with them is better done now than when mom invites you and me to a party to show us off." he finished with a wink. "I think mom likes you." With that, Hoss starts ambling over toward where Shanna was speaking with Duke Polaris... Meanwhile, Shanna smiled brightly "Oh it was no trouble to give you a chance to have some fudge, Duke Polaris, it was the fair thing to do, kind sir." She smiled and stifled a giggle politely "Oh good! I was sure I had recognized you as somepony mother knew. I can imagine she would be terrifying to anypony worried about damaging the equipment. I and my brother both got our tail ends as striped as the zebras we met when we went along on her field studies and... well, I'm sure she brought that older 3" telescope to the savannah because it was a rough journey on equipment anyway..." she politely blushed and giggled. Shanna then fluttered her wings at what the Duke said next "Thank you sir, I would be glad to pass that along to her. She still holds that position at this time, and will continue to do so, even now that we have news Mother is in foal." The mare smiled brightly and winked at letting the happy news out into one of the the usual Canterlot court channels. "She will be overjoyed to hear an offer to assist in getting a new main telescope. She's been fretting over the old one since Luna returned to Canterlot. Thank you ever so much!" Hoss nickered as he and Jubilee joined them "Hello Sis, isnt' this one of mom's aquaintences?" He smiled at Polaris "Good morning sir, I am Star Skybright, Shanna's twin brother, and this is my Special Somepony, Jubilee."

Snails gave a playful rear-up as he successfully got Remington's attention. It had been a bummer that all of Snips' cool stuff had been confiscated untill the end of the field trip but hanging out with new friends would help. He blinked as Remington suggested churning apple butter. He got a silly grin as his mind wandered off without him again "I like Apple butter...yummm!" Suddenly a rock zinged off a tree nearby and buzzed over his head into the bushes, and causing something to yelp. Looking around, he saw Haywire hide a slingshot "Ah think Haywire is bored again, eh?" Snails suddenly noticed Apple Bumpkin with a flick of chicks on her back and Sweetie Belle with one in her mane "Hay look! Dey may not be bugs, but chicks are so funnnn." He looked at Snips and Remington. "Howabout we handle a chick and feed em, then tell Apple bumpkin about somethin yelpin over there, or should we find out what yelped sos we can tell her what it was?"

Flim grinned and spoke loudly for any listeners "Yes, We must eat heartily for we have many excellent telescopes to make before tonight, my dear brother Flam!" The straw-hatted unicorn then trotted in through the double doors to immediately grab a table in a corner, beside a window with a view of the SSCS6K. Flam waved a hoof grandly at Madam Bistro, the room now mostly deserted as the Apple relatives were outside watching Granny Smith flying. "I will have today's special, My radiant desert blossom!" Madam Bistro trotted over, her expression professionally neutral as the unicorn brothers really arouse her suspicions, honed in a lifetime in Manehattan, as they would have if she had not already heard their spiel outside a few minutes ago. "One HLT and a tomato soup, with coffee and pie.. Coming up." She raised an eyebrow at Flam "And what will you have, sir?" Meanwhile, the twins were enjoying themselves as Louise led the flight. Hoss looked at the town clock as they flew by it. "Is it about time we land so others can have a try?"

Candy blinked in surprise, the name sounding familiar with her living in Solstice Heights. "Pinkie Pie? Is that not one of the six heroines of Equestria who agreed to appear in the Hearth's Warming Play several months ago? I caught the performance, and .." Candy closed her eyes to think for a moment. "Umm she was the pink one, right? High, squeaky voice when singing? Yeahhh, I can see where that would rub some non-ponies the wrong way. High pitched sounds can hurt some critters." She chuckles "Perhaps some ponies should get together with these two buffalo and try to get them to sing to see what they can tolerate." The pegasus mare smiled brightly "I hope I can run into them sometime when I come to town."

Shanna nibbled as slowly as she could on the square of fudge as she watched Hoss and Jubilee enjoying themselves at the refreshments table. She fluttered her black banded wings as a slightly well-fed noble trotted over also seeking fudge. Shanna smiled pleasently and moved back a step for the Duke as he got a piece for himself. After a moment, she tried to think if he was familiar. "Good Morning, Duke Polaris, I am Shanna Skybright. Pardon me, but are you one of the Dukes that knows my mother, StarBright? She's one of the top astronomers in the Royal Canterlot Observatory and has recently taken up teaching astronomy in the University since she is starting to slow down too much for long distance flights."

(OOC: let me know if you cant check your messages. Syron bailed on us but I think we can jump it to a new thread. want your input.)

Hoss watched in pride, puffing his chest out as Princess Cadence was giving Jubilee a shot at her big break. The bay pegasus stifled a chuckle with a wingtip as Jubilee blissed out. The bliss suddenly progressed to a full out faint. Seeing her pass out with a giant grin on her face, he tactfully kicked one of the sitting cushions to the spot where her head would land, and gave a "hoof's up" to Cadence when Jubilee's head hit right on the cushion. "Thank you for making my sweetie so very happy, your highness." Just then, the proprietress returned in full costume,and began her speech explaining the event. Hoss quietly nudged Jubilee awake to hear it an about the food. "Sound good to you, Jubilee my lovely mare?"

(Jim check your messages, trying to determine if we need to restart)

The other half of the Flim Flam Brothers finally decided to come into town to see what was keeping his brother when he snuck into town for supplies for their new apple perfumes back in Canterlot and to see what they could do to bedevil the Apple family. It was not long before he found the fliers stuck everywhere. "Well I know where my Dear Brother Flam will be... What nerve! To do it without me!" The unicorn grinned and trotted to the apple farm, keeping to the bushes. He spotted the growing line and looked for the unicorn who will be out of place. "Fancy Pants" was definitely the odd pony out and a closer look showed it to his trained eyes. Flim chuckled and considered who to disguise as "Hmmm, no, I cannot disguise as a certain famous married stallion, or so. Not as anypony from this town either, no..." He suddenly had a thought, somepony famous and certain to get through a farm pony's suspicions! The bush shook a few moments as Flam got into disguise, then came out as; Charleyhorse Daniels! Country-western Singer unicorn! "Ah think Ah feel th' hankerin' fer a bushel or so of them delectable and fragrent apples..." as he swaggered into the back of the line. He raised and eyebrow and stroked his disguise-beard as he noticed a mare was ahead of him. "Ah wonder iffn' Applejack is gonna flip out a'fore ah get theah..."

(OOC: Sorry for the delays, the meds for my ankle are still messing with my sleep cycle) Candy Catch-em perked her ears, but remained still for Dapper Dan's tailcut "Buffalo you say? Yes, do they come to town often? Our expedition has been avoiding the herds out where we are since they are intelligent like ponies and we dont wish to annoy them." She looked back at Dapper Dan "I have to say providing a vital service after the town has already gotten a good start dont make you a freeloader, more of a sign the town is growing. If you need any help on how to cut a buffalo's shaggy locks, you might want to ask if they have any advise first. its kinda wooly, particularly around the hump."

Thorn sighs and pours the Sherrif a hard cider and one for himself. He then trots over to Geary, forcing himself to perk up "All right, have you decided on anything yet, or do you need few minutes?"

Hoss smiles and takes some punch for himself too as he presses his side to Jubilee's side, then snags a sandwich. "Yes, its an awesome spread! I bet the Princess would have been a noteable party planner if she had been born a unicorn or pegasus. As it is, I cant wait to hear what the events are and if I and Shanna can help with this CRPR program being obvious representatives of Canterlot. If nothing else, I and Shanna can keep our ears open on our travels, right? Maybe we can ask Princess Cadence when the crowd thins out around her again." Meanwhile, Shanna smiled as Sweet Surprise asked her name while she got some fudge "Ohh thank you. I'm Shanna Skybright. I'm here with my brother. He's over there with his Special Somepony." She starts eating on the fudge and flutters her wings in joy. "Oh Luna! This fudge is amazing!"

(OOC: ooops! Missed that midnight rain had posted for the guard pegasus and pinkie pie in the same post (also) since it says "open", unless Teh_Brawler closes it to more players, anypony seems to be welcome. ) Amber hmms worriedly "That sounds like a magical attack all right. which means we arent just looking for Discord, but somepony crazy enough to free Discord. I'll need help in getting to the bottom of this. I'm Amber Wands, feel up to a rematch to redeem yourself?"

Hoss looked around in sudden worry that a momma bear would suddenly come out of the bushes, but after several minutes, nothing happened. The bay unicorn wiped his brow with a hoof and looked in wonder at Thrylos, er, Rainy soothing the cub. "Um, well.. Rainy, since this is Equestria, where critters are intelligent, and such... I dont' suppose you can get the cub to give an indication where the momma bear is?" He could not help wondering what other surprises awaited no matter which of the two paths they took.

Candy smiled at the Sherrif "You are welcome, sir." She ohhhed and turned her head to look back as the back of the chair opened in a tailslot. "Oh wow! Thats very clever!" She giggled at the tug on her tail. "That magic tickles.." and looked back when Dapper Dan asked for a reminder. "Oh, two hoof-widths. That mesquite has been murder on it and it was getting too long anyway."

Shanna looked at the letter that Derpy had delivered earlier that day as she took a break from the nightly stellar observations with her brother on a beautiful hilltop. She sighed thinking how well Hoss' relationship with Jubilee was taking off while the stallion she had met at the same time was a crash-and-burn for her after a couple dates. Shnna hmmmed and looked over the letter again. "Well, Hoss keeps telling me to get back in the saddle, and it's so hard to find a colt being a night owl like this..." Her snow owl pet hooted indignantly, making the mare giggle "Sorry Blizzy, no offense..." Shanna took a quill out and filled out the letter, then handed it to Blizzy "Come on girl, take it to the nearest mailbox, -for me please?" The owl nodded and few silently to Ponyville and dropped it in the Post office's mailbox; Name : Shanna Skybright Gender : female Gender preference (Optional) : male Location : Canterlot Age : Young Mare Species : Pegasus Species preference (Optional) : Mom would prefer I find a pegasus, I am more open minded though. ;3 Cutie-Mark (Optional) : Silver oval framing a silver 4-point star on a royal blue field. How would you describe yourself, physically? A cute little bay mare with royal blue eyes and stunning black markings, even on my wings. Physically, Im light and athletic, much like one of my heros, Rainbow Dash. I'm a long distance flyer with my twin brother so I wont have trouble keeping up with anypony. How would you describe your personality? Cheerful, friendly, and optomistic. I love to make friends. I tend to be a night owl too because I love the night sky. What things in life are important to you? Lots of things, like; Flying, dancing, cookies, making friends, Astronomy and my job with the Royal Canterlot Observatory. My twin brother is a part of my life so any pony in my life will have to get along with him. What's your idea of the ideal first date? A romantic night out to dinner, and a fun event after, such as a movie, concert, dancing, etc. What are you looking for? Romance and hopefully a special somepony. Anything else you think we should know? Sudden hot days wipe me out, and I have a beautiful pet snowy owl, Blizzard (Blizzy)

Hoss nickered happily and gave Jubilee a winghug as the Princess reassured her. He gave Jubilee an elegant bow, then led her to the buffet table and the punch bowl. "Allow me." Hoss smiled as he poured juice for them both and hoofed her a glass. "How is that my pretty pony?" Shanna smiled back at the unicorn foal, who then trotted up to the princess and one of Luna's guards. "I hope the foal isnt too upset at being frightened like that..." She suddenly perked up her ears. "Did...somepony say....FUDGE?" Shanna trotted over to the source of that word, finding herself next to a dark unicorn and another pony, who both seemed to love fudge as much as she did. "Excuse me, Did I hear there was Fudge?"

The twins nodded politely when Masala looked confused and asked them to clarify what a bed-and-breakfast was. "We understand. Oh, please let me introduce myself. I am Star Skybright, or Hoss to friends." The mare sketched a bow with her wings "And I am Shanna. We were confused too and had asked Madam Bistro about that while we were staying several days in Appleoosa. -A Bed and Breakfast is a casual inn, where a pony spends the night and comes down for a leisurely breakfast." Hoss nodded "She explained since there werent' Inn type buildings near the rail station in Manehattan where she got her start, she built an inn into the back of a cafe' front and combined the two." Shanna fluttered a wing "Yes, travellers can either stop in for coffee and such or stay overnight and have a cafe' breakfast. "