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| College! Again! [Wishing Star]; Feb 15 5151 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 19 2012, 11:00 AM (266 Views) | |
| Masterweaver | Sep 19 2012, 11:00 AM Post #1 |
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"Right. Degree. Career. Right." Fireflare was clipping her hooves nervously. "Have some money saved, was meant for the kids... can always earn it back with a degree... Star are we too old for college? Don't answer that." The two of them were currently walking toward the local university, Fireflare earning a few odd looks while she panicked silently. But really, what was there not to be nervous about? Choosing a degree, for one thing, then there was juggling her schedule with the furniture store's and the foals would need foalsitting unless she brought them which was, she supposed, a possibility, she had seen students with foals last time she was here and Star was coming with her and oh geeze how would she buy supplies and was she even ready for this?! |
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| Tinkertop | Sep 19 2012, 11:08 AM Post #2 |
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"Okay, I won't. Stop acting so antsy, hon; this is big, but not world-shattering. All you have to do is pick something you know you can do, and make sure it's something you can get a job with...and then do the courses. You did it once, right? It won't be any harder than it was last time, I promise. I'll help you as much as I can, but honestly, you're probably better suited to this than me. After I flunked the scholarship exams last time, I just sort of wrote myself off as an idiot and took the first job that came along. I guess it didn't work out so bad in the long run, though. What are you thinking about majoring in?" said Wishing Star calmly, trying to soothe her wife. The unicorn was a bit nervous, but not much; she had a plan. Star was going to try and get an associate's degree in a highly marketable skill, like Gem Transfusion or something. Something they needed trained unicorns for. Hell, if the price was right she might even walk out of here an apprentice mage. Wouldn't that be awesome? |
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| Masterweaver | Sep 19 2012, 11:22 AM Post #3 |
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"I don't know what I can do, Starry. I've spent basically twenty years of my life beating things up and signing contracts for beating things up." Flare shook her head. "Desk jockey isn't even an official position, it's just slang! What's it really called? Administration? Secretary? And that's only my best bet, I don't even..." The pegasus breathed in deeply. "...I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm so used to being, you know, able to handle things... Right. Um. They have people for helping you figure out what you should do, right? Right. I'm just nervous for no reason. This is something I can do." She smiled as something occurred to her. "And... maybe we can start doing lunch dates." |
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| Tinkertop | Sep 19 2012, 11:38 AM Post #4 |
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"Yeah, we sure can. I don't know how well I'll do on college fare, though; I'm not twenty-one any more. Bet it goes right to my flanks, wham!" said Star, punctuating her statement by hip-checking Fireflare lightly. All those greasy hayfries and deep fried corn puffs, she'd have to watch her figure. Too many oat dogs might spell disaster for Star's looks, and by extension her ego. "So, my plan is to grab an Associate's degree I can get a good, non-minimum-wage, non-manual-labor job with. That way I'll only be here for half as long and it'll cost half as much. I'm betting I can pick up at least Apprentice rank in magecraft by then and maybe get a job as a gemcharger or something. What do you think?" Edited by Tinkertop, Sep 19 2012, 11:40 AM.
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| Masterweaver | Sep 19 2012, 11:48 AM Post #5 |
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"Hey, be fair, most colleges serve sandwiches and healthy things like that. Fast food is for snacking, not lunch dates." Flare grinned roguishly, lightly slapping the flanks in question. "Besides, it's not like there'll ever be enough of this for me." She considered Star's proposal seriously. "That... that makes sense, actually, get one of us out as quick as possible so the kiddos don't have to spend too much time with Galaxy. I was thinking of just spacing out my class days, maybe two or three days a week with who knows how many classes per day. But I don't know which degree I should try out for... Bachelor's degree?" she quipped sarcastically. |
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| Tinkertop | Sep 19 2012, 12:07 PM Post #6 |
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"You going to ditch me or something? What's all this bachelor talk?" asked Star with a look of feigned innocence on her face. It lasted for nearly a full three seconds before she broke into a giggling fit that wound down into a snort. Glancing around the square absently, Star took notice of a few colts staring at the mare who had just been slapped in the ass by another mare and stuck her tongue out at them. Horny bucks; they never changed no matter where in town you were. "Going to be a lot of kids ogling us, hon; do me a favor and don't go picking up a side dish, okay? I'd hate to have to choke some poor filly who thought she could steal my mare." |
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| Masterweaver | Sep 19 2012, 12:52 PM Post #7 |
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"Filly or colt, it doesn't matter. I'll tell them you're my scheduler when it comes to the sexytimes, and you can choose to hire them on as another guard stripper." Fireflare shook her head with a smile; that had been an unexpected surprise to be sure... "In all seriousness though, the only way they're getting me is drugs and a... dark..." She flinched as she realized what she was saying.. "Crap. That was meant to be a joke, I didn't think, I'm so sorry I should... I should shut up now." Her head drooped to the ground, ears back and teeth clenched. |
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| Tinkertop | Sep 20 2012, 12:55 AM Post #8 |
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"Stop it, Fireflare. You can make jokes if you want to; I'm not offended. Yes, it happened. We're both pretty much over it. If you keep treating it like taboo, you'll never be able to let it go, so lighten up, alright? Be happy! We're taking a big step forward today; if everything works out, which it will, we'll be able to have all the money we need without doing stupid, dangerous things to get it." said Wishing Star, stepping in front of Fireflare and stopping her with a hoof. Shifting the hoof that had been used to bring her wife to a stop, Star lifted the pegasus' head back to its proud, upright posture gently and smoothed her unruly mane. "Smile for me, hon; there's no reason to be sad or angry." |
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| Masterweaver | Sep 20 2012, 09:39 AM Post #9 |
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Fireflare looked into Wishing Star's eyes. "....why are you always right?" she asked, a small smile beginning to form as her eyes started to water. "I'm sorry. You're right. I need to move on. And we have so much already..." Moonshine, Glory Star, each other, regular meals, their home in Canterlot, and now they were getting an education. The pegasus nodded, composing herself. "You know what, after this why don't we go for a stroll in the clouds? It's been a while since we've done anything really sappy and silly like that. And hey, it's a beautiful... well, night, I guess." |
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| Tinkertop | Sep 20 2012, 09:58 AM Post #10 |
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"I'd like that." Star pecked Fireflare on the end of her nose and returned the small smile with a radiant grin. It was good to be happy, and she was glad that Fireflare was finally deciding to let the past lie dead, where it belonged. "Come on, we've got orientation in like five minutes." |
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| Masterweaver | Sep 20 2012, 12:03 PM Post #11 |
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"Yeah, wouldn't want to miss that." Fireflare walked off. "It's probably going to be boring babble about 'This building was made seventy years ago'." ---- "You know how I said this was supposed to be boring babble?!" Fireflare dodged another mad squirrel. "I was supposed to be right! Here, Star, pass me a granola bar; those teachers obviously have no idea what they're doing out there." |
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| Tinkertop | Sep 20 2012, 12:15 PM Post #12 |
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Star hoofed over the requested treat as she watched a small knot of ponies being mobbed for their basket of seeds. The Celestial Commons were a madhouse! Centuries of arcane fallout from the school's magecraft building had rendered the local wildlife into something uncanny and disturbing; they appeared to be totally normal to the eye, but each and every one of them absolutely screamed with magic. They were apparently far more intelligent than the average squirrel, working in teams to ambush ponies and relieve them of any treats they might be carrying before somehow disappearing into the perfectly groomed park. "What are we going to do? I mean, I don't think they want to hurt anypony, so setting them on fire or stomping on them seems wrong, but they're just molesting everypony! Ideas?" asked Wishing Star from her perch atop a nearby park bench, where she was busily swatting the rodents away from herself with telekinesis. |
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| Masterweaver | Sep 20 2012, 01:32 PM Post #13 |
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"Find somepony who speaks squirrel and negotiate!" Fireflare flung the granola bar like a grenade, hundreds of squirrels descending upon it. A few ponies, freed from their grasp, escaped gratefully. "I knew they were always bad, but this is a new level of uncool! OY YOU TREE RATS, WE'RE WILLING TO TALK!" Goddesses damn them, where were the groundskeepers... "Okay, new plan. If we can't negotiate, we relocate. Grab as many as you can and throw them into the fountain!" The pegasus began slapping the aggressive beasts into the water with her wings, trying to focus the flow of fur as precisely as she could. "WHY?! WHY ARE THEY SO JUMPY!" A random mare ran through the courtyard screaming. "Heh. Violetmanes." Fireflare shook her head. "LISTEN UP TREE RATS! EITHER NEGOTIATE A PEACE TREATY OR GET THROWN IN THE FOUNTAIN!" Squirrels couldn't swim... ..could they? |
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| Tinkertop | Sep 21 2012, 08:14 AM Post #14 |
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Squirrels could indeed swim; they swam like the fuzzy rats they were, bobbing back to the surface of the water instantly and then clambering back out of the water within moments. An ever-growing horde of the rodents were focusing their attention on Fireflare as she fought back, the numbers arrayed against her growing exponentially as time passed. "Fireflare, fly! Take off before they chew you to bits or something, getting eaten by squirrels would be a really stupid way to die!" shouted Star, easily holding the squirrels off by standing on a tiny corner of her park bench and simply smacking them away as they charged. As soon as her wife was clear, she intended to teleport away...but she couldn't do so in clear conscience until she had made sure Fireflare was safe. A particularly wizened squirrel watched the pitched battle from a nearby tree branch, stroking the tuft of fur jutting from his chin thoughtfully. The Sylvan tribe hadn't seen a pony fight back this effectively in quite a while; he had to admit that this particular pair might not be worth fighting for whatever food they had in their saddlebags. |
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| Masterweaver | Sep 21 2012, 09:07 AM Post #15 |
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Fireflare jumped into the air, hovering just out of reach of the jumping squirrels. "Right, listen up! You want food, fine, but you're gonna have to work for it! And I don't mean by attacking innocent ponies, got it? Get the trash in the trash cans and the administration will put out a pack of seeds once a week. And I mean one of those big megapacks, the kind that comes in bags as big as me! But if you keep attacking ponies I WILL grab as many of you as I can and THROW YOU OFF THIS CLIFF! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" |
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