Outside the City (Open)

[Mireshard]

On a road just outside of Canterlot

As the sun hit the top of the sky, it was hitting a certain pale-blue pony rather hard. Apparently Mercurial Sun had forgot to check the weather ponies' schedule, or he would have known that today was supposed to be a rather hot day. Not that it bothered him, though. If anything, he just happily concluded he needed the sun anyways. As he walked along the dusty path, every few steps he would absent-mindedly stop for a second to clean off even the slightest speck of dirt from his legs. If he were going very far, he might have remarked that at his pace it would take a while, but luckily he was where he wanted to be. From where he stood, Canterlot was no more than an hour's trot away. He looked at the distance with a small smile before moving on to phase two. Planning things in phases made it sound more professional.

Using the utmost care, Mercurial Sun (or Sunny, as he was often called) removed the saddlebag he had slung over his bag. Peeking inside the bag, he made certain that its contents were safe and sound. With that done, he walked over to the side of the road and placed the bag gently on the ground, and looked up. The sun was now ever so slightly starting to go down. As Sunny waited, he passed the time going over the phases of his plan. Phase one, go outside of Canterlot. Phase two, wait for night. Phase three, assemble the contents of the bag, and finally Phase 4: do some astronomy related stuff.

Now, Sunny very well new that he could have easily skipped phases 1-3 and just charted stars or study constellations within the confines of Canterlot, but there was little novelty in that. There was something to be said for roadside astronomy. If Sunny had done it more often, maybe he could have even been the one to say something about it. Looking at the spot on his hoof where he'd put his watch if he had one, the Earth Pony remarked that waiting for night would take a while. All that meant, of course, was that he had plenty of time to find something fun to pass the time!

With that thought, Sunny gave a rather happy sigh and started whistling. Then he remembered he couldn't whistle.

[colour=#00ffff]"I should really learn how to do that sometime"[/colour] He remarked.