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| A Diamond Dog's day [OPEN] Febuary 28; NPC Diamond Dogs welcome | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 17 2012, 04:35 PM (310 Views) | |
| azamonra | Sep 17 2012, 04:35 PM Post #1 |
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Mist Haze landed on a crag and sighed, "I'm sure glad I have wings or this would have taken a lot longer" she said as she trotted toward the hole in the side of the mountain. Mist, being a Pegasus, wasn't exactly comfortable going underground but that's where Diamond Dogs lived so that's where she was going...she just hoped she'd meet a friendly Diamond Dog or two. Mist tucked her wings close to her body as she moved deeper into the cavern, "help? Is anypo-err I mean Diamond Dog here?" she called out, her voice echoing against the cavern walls. |
| Mist Haze [Pegasus] [Mare] | |
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| Lorventus | Sep 18 2012, 02:24 PM Post #2 |
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"Pony should not be here," Said a voice, low and full of gravel, "Ponies don't belong under ground." Marauder appeared from a small tunnel in the poorly lit wall, he wore a dirty scratched chest plate and a helmet drawn down until it covered most of his eyes. He stood slowly and carefully, staring down at the Mare. Ponies had been his only companions for several years, but after the war and the xenophobia that came before and of it, he'd been forced away. Deeper into the tunnels a few more sets of eyes appeared, but remained backed away, their various forms lit by dimly glowing gems. A few lumbering steps and he stood in her way, "Is pony here to hide from the sunless sky?" He'd never been one to care about the sun's position before but the beat up old Diamond Dog would easily admit to anyone that asked that the sky's shift to black and its staying that way was disconcerting. Just as disconcerting as the sudden appearance of the Bright Mists that began forming to mark day and night a while back. Marauder had always monitored the time of year based solely on the changing of the seasons up until the sun went out, now he worried that there would never be a spring. |
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Marauder || D-Dog || Male Rough Cut || Earth Pony || Female Iron Hoof/Sibylla || Unicorn/Gryphon || Male/Female | |
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| azamonra | Sep 19 2012, 05:04 PM Post #3 |
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Mist Haze blinked and took a step back, the low light and her general uneasy about being in the enclosed space making the Diamond Dog's sudden appearance all the more startling, "oh um, hello" she said, resisting the urge to run. Mist took a moment to compose herself before speaking again, "yes, as a Pegasus I'm not fond of these sorts of places but it's only a miner discomfort" she said with a slightly awkward chuckle. Mist cleared her throat, "yes, well...no I'm sure whatever is going on with the sun isn't anything to wary about, these things tend to get resolved. Anyway, I'm actually here to learn more about you, which is to say Diamond Dogs" Mist said, gesturing to the Diamond Dog and smiling brightly. Mist took a step forward, "you see I'd like to learn more about your culture and ways, if that would be alright?" Mist asked with a light chirp in her voice. Suddenly Mist Haze gasped and pressed her hoof to her chest, "oh I'm so sorry, I didn't introduce myself. Hello, my name is Mist Haze, and who might you be?" she asked with a smile. |
| Mist Haze [Pegasus] [Mare] | |
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| Lorventus | Sep 19 2012, 08:32 PM Post #4 |
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Marauder looked down at the little pony, his face an inscrutable mask, "Such optimism. Ponies scourge the sky and think all will be fine. Maybe... Maybe." He turned slowly toward the other dogs and began a slow lumbering walk, "Pony has chosen the wrong hole to find normal Dogs. Only outcasts here. However," He said as he slowed down and turned, "Marauder has not had pony guests in a long while. I like ponies, you may do stupid things, like scourge the sky, but I like you." He continues deeper, "Come along pony, Marauder will show you his home as your kind have shown theirs." Deeper in the cave opens up into a natural dome, bright gems hang from the ceiling bathing the large communal area in multicolored light. The floor is worked stone, smoothed out and given a little roughness for hooves and paws to get a hold of. In the room are about a half dozen Diamond Dogs, most injured in some way. Among them a single mother playing with her pup. It's not until Haze reaches the top of the walkway down into the cavern that the occupants stop their activities to look. |
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Marauder || D-Dog || Male Rough Cut || Earth Pony || Female Iron Hoof/Sibylla || Unicorn/Gryphon || Male/Female | |
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| azamonra | Sep 20 2012, 09:31 AM Post #5 |
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Mist Haze was glad Marauder was willing to show her around his home, the fact that the Diamond Dogs she had met weren't part of mainstream Diamond Dog society made little difference to Mist really. Once she had entered the larger area instinct kicked in and Mist's wings flapped, lifting her just above the worked stone floor. The feeling of her wings moving and her hooves being of the ground, even if it was only just a little, helped to dispel the anxiety of being underground but as she hovered in place a new feeling of awkwardness washed over her. Mist looked around to find all of the Diamond Dog's in the dome looking at her, "um, hi" she squeaked weakly, Mist never liked being the center of attention. |
| Mist Haze [Pegasus] [Mare] | |
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| Lorventus | Sep 20 2012, 02:00 PM Post #6 |
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Marauder made it to the bottom of the ramp, stomped his foot then barked out in the native Diamond Dog tongue, "Cut it out. It's just a pony, we've all seen them before." He turned about, beckoning the floating pegasus inward. The other D-Dogs responded to the barks with varying degrees of visible submission. The mother and pup oddly acting the least submissive and the most. The pup however recovered quickly from his exaggerated submission to Marauder's 'I'm in charge' voice, then without saying a word in equestrian or dog, ran up the stairs toward Mist. The pup stopped a few meters away, edging closer to her slowly while snuffling at her with his big nose. Marauder made no effort to stop it and stood waiting at the bottom of the ramp. The mother stood and slowly started toward the pup, but Mist'd have to deal with the rapscallion herself for a bit at the rate the Diamond Dog was coming to retrieve her pup. |
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| azamonra | Sep 22 2012, 09:28 AM Post #7 |
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Mist Haze looked down at the pup sniffing her hooves, "high their little guy" she cooed, not noticing the mother Diamond Dog until she picked up the pup and carried him away from her. Mist blinked and landed, her ears flopping as she glanced around the room. There was a general standoffishness about the Diamond Dogs that Mist didn't quite understand the root of, "you have a lovely home" she said weakly to nopony in particular as she slowly trotted deeper into the Diamond Dogs' home. |
| Mist Haze [Pegasus] [Mare] | |
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| Lorventus | Sep 22 2012, 01:15 PM Post #8 |
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Marauder snorted, amused, "This is refuge, this is not Marauder's home. Maraduer and other Dogs here are outcasts from home, I have told you this." He said with just the slightest air of annoyance. As he spoke the mother say back down with her pup, placing him on the floor as she did. Without a moment's delay the little one bounded back up to Mist, this elicited another amused snort from the large Diamond Dog, "Pups are curious little things." Marauder stepped forward and ruffled the little dog's hair. The pup was no bigger than a school age colt or filly, but already showed the signs of D-Dog burlyness. Marauder looked back at the mother who visibly sighed then shrugged her shoulders. What was she to do pups would be pups. |
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Marauder || D-Dog || Male Rough Cut || Earth Pony || Female Iron Hoof/Sibylla || Unicorn/Gryphon || Male/Female | |
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| azamonra | Sep 25 2012, 09:16 AM Post #9 |
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Smiled at the pup and cautiously patted his head, "yes, I was the same at that age" she said before glancing down at the pup, "hi there little one, what's your name?" she cooed softly before glancing back up at Marauder. She thought about what he had said, "so this isn't your home?" she asked as she considered whether to ask her next question. After a pause Mist Haze sighed, "may I ask why you and these other Diamond Dogs were exiled?" she asked, her tone slightly off due to her uncertainty about asking such a question. |
| Mist Haze [Pegasus] [Mare] | |
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| Lorventus | Sep 25 2012, 02:30 PM Post #10 |
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"Mitch!" He yips out, "What's your name?! Are you named Pony?! Marauder keeps calling you Pony and you keep talking to him so it must be! Hi Ms. Pony!" He spoke oddly well in Equestrian. Marauder shrugged apathetically to the question, answering the why and wherefores of how each member of the refugee camp hadn't been on his agenda, but, "Marauder found many of them hurt. They were outside during Eclipse, Dogs deep in ground rejected any that were above during it. Some like Lady realize this and did not try to dig back into the tunnels." He looked about, eyes stopping on another dog that was idling in the large common space. An eye patch covered one eye while a crutch lay on the stone bench next to him. "Some Dogs fight, some live, the rest die." He looked back at Mist and pointed out of the tunnel, "Marauder's home is outside, with ponies. Dogs below will not let me return to the caves." He pointed down and shook his head. |
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| azamonra | Sep 27 2012, 08:54 AM Post #11 |
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Mist Haze sighed, "that doesn't seem very fare...I could talk to the other Diamond Dogs on your behalf if you like?" Mist offered before glancing down at Mitch and smiling. She settled on her haunches and lay down so she was about level with the excited little pup. "Actually my name is Mist Haze, but Ms Pony is nice to. He just calls me that because, well I'm a pony and I respond because, being the only pony here, he must be talking to me. Anyway, it's nice to meet you Mitch, why don't you tell me something about yourself? Like where you learned such good Equestrian?" Mist asked as she pated the pup affectionately. |
| Mist Haze [Pegasus] [Mare] | |
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| Lorventus | Sep 27 2012, 02:33 PM Post #12 |
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"Fair?" Marauder smirked, big white canines showing through the gap between his lips. "It's as fair as anything that happens in the pack. Leader says no dogs allowed outside, no dogs allowed outside. It is how things are. Marauder knows this, Lady knows this. Pack leaders everywhere fear the scourged sky, they believe ponies are trying to kill the world. So, they say all Dogs who have stood under the Scourged Sky are cursed and will bring about their pack's downfall. So, they push dogs out who were above when the Eclipse started." He frowns then shrugs helplessly, "Marauder would not try that if he were you, Pony. You are worse than cursed in many eyes." He is cut off from further response by Mitch butting in and starting in at a hyperactive pace, "I'm seven, I lived with ponies for lots of years so I can talk like them better Marauder and Mama Lady!" She started sniffing her all over, "Marauder likes ponies, he says they're nice most of the time, that the sky isn't the fault of the ponies but of their pack leaders. Is that true? Did your pack leaders really make the sky get scary? Why'd they do that? I liked the sun it was warm and nice. I liked laying out in it. When's it going to be back?" |
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| azamonra | Oct 1 2012, 09:25 AM Post #13 |
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Mist Haze scowled at the thought of such mistreatment from the Diamond Dogs' leaders, "more than cursed? Yes, I am really..." Mist mused, though she wasn't sure what she had meant but it seemed to be true regardless of whether she knew why. Before Mist could say anything else she was suddenly bombarded with questions from a very excited Mitch, "um yes, the Princesses are connected to the odd things that happen to the sky in one way or another. I guess this current situation has something to do with Luna, but it's not really that big of a deal since these things resolve themselves in the end somehow so don't worry about it" Mist explained with a shrug, patting Mitch's head reassuringly. "As for why this is happening, well I don't really know and to be honest I barely noticed. For some reason I've been much less concerned with such things lately" Mist said, the thought occurring to her that she probably should be at least a little concerned about something like eternal night but every time she thought of it she just didn't care. Even the term eternal had seemed to loose its meaning recently. Mist sighed, "I don't know when the sun will return, but it will soon. I don't know how I know that exactly but I do" she said, not a shred of doubt about her statement. Mist smiled at Mitch, "you and I are a lot alike, Mitch" she said, nuzzling the pup happily. |
| Mist Haze [Pegasus] [Mare] | |
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| Lorventus | Oct 3 2012, 12:22 PM Post #14 |
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Mitch seemed to be satisfied with her answers, if the stubby wagging tail was anything to go off of. Marauder seemed less convinced, "We will see, Pony. We will see." He smirked, "Or we won't. Dogs will survive though, we always have. Gaia provides warmth from below and gems from within, we will survive. If the sky stays scourged much longer, Dogs won't have to eat just fungus and gems, we'll have meat to eat too." It was a grim reality that Diamond Dogs were predators and technically speaking ponies were on their menu. Marauder waited for the next query, he'd only ever given Diamond Dogs a walking tour and was somewhat unsure if he should give this pony one as well. |
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Marauder || D-Dog || Male Rough Cut || Earth Pony || Female Iron Hoof/Sibylla || Unicorn/Gryphon || Male/Female | |
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| azamonra | Oct 5 2012, 09:18 AM Post #15 |
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Mist ruffled Mitch's um mane? And smiled, "yes, I suppose you would but not as much as you'd think since we would have died of starvation...unless we resorted to cannibalism , which we probably would at the end" Mist said with a shrug before thinking it over. "Actually we would probably freeze to death first, in which case I'd recommend cooking us over eating us raw. Frozen meat can harbour dangerous germs, or so I'm told" Mist added, the idea wasn't as unappealing to her as it might be to most other ponies, she had always understood the nature of these things and recently it had seemed to matter even less. With a sigh Mist dismissed the thought, it was purely hypothetical and not really likely anyway, "so tell me if you can't live with the other Diamond Dogs, why do you live here instead of moving to a pony population center? You could have a much more comfortable living arrangement I would imagine?" she asked. |
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