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The day was just like any other in the city of Manehattin. The sun was shining bright, and their was not a cloud in the sky. The city streets had people running everywhere, and as expected, their was no stopping for anypony. Amongst the crowd, a odd... Griffon, a black griffon was walking towards the local tavern. He was armed pretty well, having two swords on him visibly, though he had a third blade hidden for when he needed it. He walked into the place, going straight up the the bar owner. With only a few words, and some bits put on the desk, he got himself a key to a room. He looked around, seeing the stairs he walked up it. 

 

Room six.... here we are

 

Once he got to his room, he opened it, going side. He walked straight to the bed, taking off the bag he wore, dropping it on the bed. Along with it, he dropped his climbing claws, the two swords inside their sheathes, and then he pulled the knife out of its sheath on his leg, he was about to drop it, but he decided against it, twirling it around a little before sliding it back in. He just sighed, walking down towards the tavern bar for a drink, locking his room before heading down. It had been a hell of a day, another day of trying to find somewhere WORTH stealing from... but as normal, his talents were unused. He walked right past a group of guys, different species, but all of them just.... well, bullys to any new pony, or in this case, Griffon. 

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a snow-skinned mare slipped through the streets to the tavern, bored, but with full pockets. her last contract had been ridiculously easy, but very lucrative, so she decided to get a drink and a room.

 

 

she got a room and slipped up to it, having finished her drink. she idly examined the doors and their locks, finding nothing particularly impressive, though the locks were sturdy and she didn't feel like going to the trouble of picking them.

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Sprig sat in chair that was set near the wall. His cane propped next to him as he fumbled through a book that was resting on the table before him. Long slender fingers carding through the pages feeling of each bump it contained.

It had been a calm day that held nothing out of the ordinary within. What better way to spend said day than reading a good book while enjoying a cup of warm tea. A silent sigh escaped his lips as his ears picked up the sound of foot steps clicking on the floor. And then the clink of glass meeting table as the bar-maiden set the drink in front of him. A pleasant grin formed as he directed his sightless gaze upward. "Thank you, Madam. It smells deliteful." He said in a smooth polite voice.

As she left he lifted the hot drink to his lips and gingerly took a sip pausing at the commotion on the other side of the room. Must be those ruffians again. He thought placing it back on the table and seemingly going back to his book. However, his focus was not on the book anymore instead it was on the loud voices accross the room. It seemed they were heckling someone. He waited and listened. If things got out of hand he would intervene.

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"Hey, PAL, this is OUR, bar. Look around, do you see any other griffons here? NO, YOUR NOT WELCOME HERE, buut...." One of the three started yelling at the Griffon, whom had stopped, his back still facing the group. A second one grinned, walking closer to him.

 

"Wanna get out alive yougnin? Hand over your bits" The second one said, who was obviously just a little drunk, they all were, but they didn't even care. The griffon just ignored them, continuing to walk to his table, but then he felt a hand on his shoulder.

 

"WERE TALKING TO YOU!" He heard, and just at that moment, spun around, delivering one quick punch to the guys chest, and before he staggered back to far, he followed up with a quick, but strong punch to his gut. The two hits caused the guy to stagger back. None of them spot, they just started laughing and walking towards the griffon. A lot of the people nearby had created a circle around them, it was a bar fight, these things were often entertainment. The griffon just stood there, facing them, watching them raise there fists to fight.

 

"You guys really want bones broken, I'd be happy to oblige" He replied, then one of them rushed him. The griffon saw his shoulder move towards him, and he knew that he was going to throw a right hand punch. And in response, he quickly moved in. When the punch was thrown, he used his speed to duck under it, then he delivered three quick punches, and before he could get hit, he rolled straight through the guys legs. The moment he was through his legs, he leaped up, only to barely see a power kick coming at him. WIthin a second, he sidestepped, grabbing the leg and driving him down to the ground, he delivered one punch to his chest, and after that a smashing elbow straight in the weak point in the knee. He let go of the guy, then felt something hit him in the back, it caused him to stagger one step, but he quickly reacted by whipping his tail out, it slapping the guy in the face, stunning him. Due to how Blackwing had lived, he knew how to use his tail to hurt people, and it normally worked. He turned around, punching the guy in the stomach, then, grabbed his head, driving it into his knee, and then using the flat back he had from being pulled over, he rolled over him, grabbing a arm and pulling it behind his back, bending it a little, and from the sheer pain, he passed out.

 

"Two down.." He says to himself quietly, the third a little shocked from that... brutality.

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She stared from the sidewalk, blending in to the shadows.  She watched as the griffon took down the bar ponies in a matter of seconds.  The bar was a place she was usually welcome in, a place where she went to every night.  Oh course, she never really went in.  She was merely a teen, thus underage.  Instead, she preferred to stand outside, glaring at the loud ponies that dared leave through the front door.  Why her parents chose to buy the house next to the bar, she didn't know.  Correction-they house had stood there for a long time.  Why the bar ponies chose to build a bar next to her house, she didn't know.  

 

This was not the first time she had felt the urge to intervene, but it usually ended with the bar ponies throwing the unwanted guest out of the bar.  It caused a terrible amount of ruckus, and ruined her happy date night with a good ol' book.  This griffon was clearly used to fighting, and had taken the ponies down with ease.  Something about him triggered a sense of comfortableness within herself, and her wings morphed into steel mechanics.  She slid inside the bar, and swiped a nearby glass.  She changed her wings back into their normal form, and flew beside the bartender.  She hissed at the griffon, before her wings turned into sharp feathers and she did a full 180 around the lines of glass.  The glasses shattered.  

 

Something had triggered inside of her, an inner Changeling instinct that made her devoutly loyal to those she was used to having around. And-despite the bar ponies being unloved in her family, they were part of her daily routine.  This griffon was disturbing it.  

 

"You ARE NOT welcome here-understood?"

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Qaline sighed as she heard things escalate. "might as well see what's going on...." she muttered, slipping out of her room.

 

 

she trotted down the stairs and saw the gryphon and metal-winged pegasus. "figures" she grumbled. "one of the few times I try to relax....." 

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The blind stallion's ears twitched once more as voices began to elavate and the clash of glasses among other things started to break.Sigh. Well that must be his cue. Sprig thought as he shut his book and quietly stood from his chair.  He ran his fingers along the wall until they bumped into the cane he was looking for. The mossy maned male gingerly tapped the ground as he skillfully avoided walking into tables or chairs. And to think such a lazy day to take such a turn. Well, what did he expect. Manehatten the city that never sleeps.

 

"Excuse me. Pardon." He mumbled as he tried to make his way through the gathering patrons. He didn't want to bump into anyone, however, a few well place taps seemed to help. Sprig picked out five different voices. Two in which had gone silent after two thuds on the ground. They must be down for the count. Another mumbled something in coherently that not even his sensitive ears could pick out. The last being a young feminine voice that sounded after a mighty clash of bottles. What in Equestria? He couldn't quite tell just what exactly the female voice did to cause such a ruckus. It was very young possibly a teen? Things were getting out of hand it needed to be stopped.

 

"Excuse me everyone." He called stepping into the ring of ponies and other species. His nose picking up the scent of an unknown...gryphon possibly? He placed his cane in front of the gryphon in an attempt to stop his advances and to shield him from the advances of others. "Please pardon, my friend here."  His tone was calm and collected and his smile friendly. " I know not of what he may have done or what provoked these other Gentlemen to attack." He said adjusting his circular shades. "Truly a misunderstanding. However, might it be best for us to tuck away our differences and get along?" He paused listening for any sort of movement. "Lest the local authorities come and settle it themselves." Another pleasant grin, this being directed in the direction of the younger voice. "And I'm sure we wouldn't want that now would we, Miss?" He was almost sure that she was quite young. Too young to be in a bar.

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Blackwing just stared down the last one, waiting for him to make a move, but he stayed back, a little scared. Black started to take a step, only to hear the glass shatter it didn't take his attention away, but it did stop  him from rushing the guy. He didn't smile, he just kept staring. Then, he noticed one of the group moving up into the circle, and stopping him with a cane. He listened to the pony talk, keeping one ear up towards him, and the other, and his eyes, staring at the last one. When he finished talking, Black just kept looking at the last one. 

 

"You might want to put your friends in their rooms, there gonna be sore... for a while" He said, finishing the fight, walking out of the circle and towards a table in the back of the room. He sat down, just relaxing for a moment. He didn't know why that gentlepony had ended that fight.... He decided to just ignore that point, calling over a drink. He never was into getting drunk, so he just had a cider. He always had to keep his senses sharp. You never know what might happen.

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She slipped back into the shadows, watching the scenes as she always did.  This time, though, something was different.  She paused.  She stepped over to the bartender, and knocked him out with a careful smack of her wings to his head.  It helped that he was drunk.  She looked at the stallion that had gave ruin to her neighbours.  She looked at the elderly gentlepony that had lectured them.  She stared at him, before taking the cider ordered by the stallion over.  Of course, she also slipped a little something into the cider.

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Sprig kept his stance as silence settled over. Maybe the issue had been defused? Or was another about to happen? A few moments past before he heard the grunts and movements as others started to disperse. One being the voice of the gryphon he assumed as said creature seemed to get up as well. 'Twas a shame really. The young snow-pelted teacher had wanted to speak with him. Oh, well. Maybe he was still here. He thought as he was about to start back to his preferred seat. He stopped abruptly as the sound of a crunch came from under his boot.

 

A glass shard no doubt. Sprig carefully knelt down and felt around for broken glass. He could only assume that the place was now a mess." Well, now this won't do."  He mumbled to himself.  The stallion didn't get far in his attempt to clean before the bar-maiden from before stopped him. Assuring that they would handle it and not to worry. He was a little grateful for this sense it was bit hard for a sightless gent, such as himself, to fumble on the ground for sharp objects. He excused himself and made his way back to his seat. Thankful that all his stuff seemed to still be there.

 

It wasn't until a new almost mocking voice close by and a quick sniff of the air did he realize that the Gryphon was at a table right across from himself. It brought a smile to his face at the thought of actually getting to talk to him. Though he refrained for now. The Gryphon seemed to busy with someone else at the moment. So, he just quietly listened. Like the nosy gent he was.

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Blackwing, once he had sat down, just started thinking about his next job. As always, he had a emotionless face, he didn't care to show things much. Racing through his mind were possible targets. He wanted to quit this lifestyle, but at the moment, it was his only way to get money.

 

I could go for a jewelery store... that would make me enough to last awhile...

 

He then was about to think of how he was going to do it, when his thoughts were interupted by someone. He merly glanced up at her, not even taking note of her words. He put his feet up on the table, his tail waving around behind him.

 

"What do you want?" He asked, his tone calm. He reached onto his belt, pulling out a bit bag, starting to count how much he had, so that he could plan how much he would spend to get ready for his job.

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she glanced at the bag curiously, then shook her head and returned her attention to Blackwing, examining his face carefully.

 

 

"you seemed interesting." she said again. "things have been boring for me, so I decided to talk to you, since they apparently haven't with you" she leaned back in the chair, idly grasping her dagger's sheath

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She smiled and walked towards the pair.  She lit her wings on fire, before saying," Here's your cider, sir,"

 

A clever smile danced across the features of her mouth, and she waited for his reaction.

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He sat with one long leg crossed over the other as he idly sipped his slightly less steaming cup of tea. Quite the oddity in a bar such as this. His cane propped back up beside him and his book now tucked away in his satchel.

The addition of another voice to the growing little group across from him caught his attention. Was that? Yes. The young female voice from before. Did she waitress? Strange...maybe she was older than what her vocal cords gave her credit for.

He hadn't mean to ease drop on their conversation. That was not his intent. They just were so close and his hearing just so happened to tune in. Sigh. His hearing was a blessing and a curse wrapped up in one. Another sip of his tea.

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Black still ignored the person who was sitting across from him. He knew she was there, but he didn't really take not of it. He did notice that he couldn't see one of her hands, so one of his own was on his leg, which were still on the table. He made sure he kept some part of his concious on her. 

 

"Interesting? Boring for you? Find something to do" He responds, about to go back to thinking of the heist when his cider got here. The first thing he noticed was the waitress, she was young, and had.... wings of some kind. It struck him odd that she was waitering at this bar, but that was not what got him the most. it was the flaming of her wings, along with that smile. He didn't exactly trust that smile. 

 

"Thanks" He responded, taking the drink and placing it on the table, looking at both of them, starting to get a wierd feeling.

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She smiled and stood there, awkwardly waiting for a moment, before heading back to the bar.  She slid beneath the shelves and escaped via the back door. Now...to wait at the front for the Gryphon's reaction...

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A pause and then the echoing of foot steps leaving from the table. Did the girl leave? Well, if she DID waitress here then it would make sense for her not to stick around that one table for long.

Then again he himself wasn't from Manehatten. Perhaps they waitressed differently then that of Trottingham. Bah, he was just reading to much into this. Still their were two voices that remained. A low speaking masculine and an soothe female. Probably older than the other that just left. Sprig thought placing his now empty cup back down on the table. Why was he getting so invested in this group of strangers not far from him? It was puzzeling really. He couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Ah, well. The conversation seemed to have died down. This was his chance. The stallion gathered his things and carefully made his way to the table. "Excuse me." He spoke standing behind the third chair at the table. "Mind if I sit awhile?" The blind pony asked with friendly features.

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Black was still confused, his hand still on his dagger. Then, he heard a voice approach the table, a third pony had come up to him. Wow, wasn't he popular today... In truth, that was the last thing he needed, a group crowding around him, drawing attention. He liked to stay inconspicuous, unnoticed, though this time was absolute failure. 

 

He stood up, looking at all of them, letting go of his dagger, he backs away from the group, not taking his eyes off anyone, though he seems to have lost sight of the girl with the wings. 

 

"I was just leaving" He responds, walking to his room. He did not feel safe, and in his mind it was time to skip town. The moment he was in his room, he walked straight to his bed, grabbing his shortsword sheathe, attaching it to his side, then he grabbed his other sword, the longer one, sliding it over helf, putting it in place on his hip. He grabbed his climbing claws, and bag, making sure they wouldn't fall. The climbing claws he made sure that the cable attaching them was secure. Once he was sure he was ready, he punched his hand, starting to walk towards the door of his room. Time to leave.

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Qaline sighed, standing up. "should've known he'd do that..... although, if it had just been me, he might not have...." she said, then shook her head. "no matter. I'm bored. and it'll be easy to follow him without his notice" she slipped over to the rooms.

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(My post..?  Not my post...?  I can delete this post if it's not my post.)

She saw him get ready to leave, grabbing his bag and some claw-like weapon.  It's showtime...

 

Positioning herself to face the side of the door, she hardened her wings into ice.  Something about this griffon ticked her off, especially how he had little to no reaction to the poison she put into it.  It was supposed to cause vomiting and fever...

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"A-Ah..." He stammered a bit his, smile changing to that of a more confused one. "Well, the safest of travels to you then." The stallion said with a dip of his head. However he was pretty sure the others had already left, leaving him to talk to himself. His cheery mood deflated a bit as the female left as well.

Huh.

His sensitive senses picked up on the feeling of uneasiness that was wafting from the griffon in waves. Was he afraid? And if so of what? Surely it couldn't be him. Sure Sprig had never seen his reflection but, he didn't think he came of as frightening. Yeah, he stood rather tall with long slim limbs but, that didn't seem to bother others before. Gasp! Was his smell the offending type?! Upon this sudden notion, the gentle-stallion feverishly pulled at the collar of his coat and gave it a quick sniff. He was more than relieved to find it smelling of herbal tea and books.

Perhaps he had struck a nerve with him and the other patrons of the bar? Sigh. Well you can't befriend them all, ol' chap. He thought slightly put out. He had to get going anyway. Re-adjusting the satchel on his shoulder, he started making his way to the front door.

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He was about to open his door, when he heard footsteps behind it. He sighed silently, of course they had followed him. He opened the door, keeping one hand on his right leg, so that if he had to defend himself, he would be able to quickly get to the knife he keeps there. He swung the door open, but didn't go through. He had just thought of a better way to do this. He opened the door, and as quickly as he had done that, he silently lept onto the roof, hanging there, pressed against it. He made sure that his shadow wasn't there, and that he was competely shrowded in darkness. 

 

This is what happens when i want some peace and quiet, when i want to take a break at a tavern, i get in some trouble with some random ponies while planning out a job.... I really need to rethink my choices...

 

He stayed there, not moving, feeling safe in the fact that if they walked in, he was concelled enough to most. 

 

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As Sprig made his way to the door, a castle guard walked in, looking around, and once he spotted Sprig, not realizing he was blind, walked up to him.

"Are there any brave warriors here?" 

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