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Outdoor Sports and a Goat; SAA, open
Topic Started: May 25 2012, 02:17 PM (1,164 Views)
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"Not even if I did have the energy." Jewels said, shaking her head at the idea. She'd sworn never to do it again. To have that uplifting and brimming feeling, to feel all was right in the world… Then to have that crushed into snow ball and see the wraith and anger it had brought. She couldn't possibly face that again. Never again. "Try not doing your special talent for years… Then having the first time you do it be met with a snow ball and a wrathful mage. Then you'll get what it's like. The more idea of my special talent… I just can't do it."
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"But you ain't gonna get any better if you don't do at least a little cloud sculptin'," said Johnagold to Jewels, "The therapist even said so! You must not have been listenin' to him, with all your mmm-hmm's and stuffin' your face with those bon-bons of yours."

Johnagold took a deep breath and continued. "Look, Julie, you've got a son who really wants to see you get better, and so does everypony else, includin' me. There ain't any angry mages or snowballs here, so it's totally safe to make a cloud sculpture, and all that's out here right now to see your sculpture are two easily-pleased earth ponies and a goat. Ah've got permanent cloudwalkin' from the changeling queen, and Flight Risk's got wings, so we can help you, if you want."

Johnagold smiled warmly at Julie. "If you really have that much of a problem with it, we won't push you to do it. All Ah'm sayin' is to just try it. What do you say?"
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"Maaaaa. Risk it! Risk it!" He was flying upside down in front of her face, trying to lighten the moment and make his mother smile. It'd been so long since he'd seen her smile. Jewels just shook her head. "I can't do it."
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"That's just too bad, Julie, Ah was really hopin' you'd do it. Ah'm sorry, Flight Risk," said Johnagold as he frowned and looked at the ground. However, Goaty had a different idea. In an unexpected turn of events,the normally relaxed goat walked right in front of Jewels and placed his forehead against hers, as if he was about headbutt her like he did with his goat friends. But what he did next was what was most shocking. He spoke real words. Not bleats, but words.

"Master said he wasn't going to push you to make cloud sculptures or whatever those are, but I am! All I've heard you say for the past few minutes is 'meh, I can't do it,' but how do you know if you don't bother to try, lazyhooves? You can do it, and you will do it!"

Johnagold just stood there wide-eyed and muttered, "F-Flight Risk, did you hear that? Ah th-think mah goat just talked."
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Jewels sighed loudly. A goat was telling her to do it now. "Fine." They seemed to be a lot alike, chill and a bit lazy. So why the hay not? Maybe if she did it once they'd stop nagging her to do it. She flew up into the sky grabbing a cloud. Her son was flying in her personal space. But she was too lazy to push him out of it. She grabbed a cloud, pausing for a moment. You know you want to. She wasn't insane… At least not in this respect.

Much like Apple Jack had Ponified and grown attached to Bloomberg, the clouds had much of the same nature for Jewels. A nature she'd forgotten about. Come on, we're boring. And I wanna look like that fine stallion down there… What? You didn't notice? Something's gotta be wrong with your head.
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Johnagold continued staring at Goaty. "W-where'd you learn to talk?"

"Goat Puberty's a crazy thing, Master," replied Goaty as he leaned down to eat a dandelion.

Johnagold shrugged and then looked up to the sky. Jewels was up there, getting ready to sculpt. Johnagold chuckled as he looked up, noticing Flight Risk buzzing all around Julie's face.

"You might wanna give ma some space, Flight Risk," said Johnagold. "You'll be able to see her work her magic much better from down here!"
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Flight Risk gave Johnagold a sheepish expression, giving her a foot more of space, but no more. "No way I'm gonna give her a chance to off herself." On the ground even he wouldn't be able to fly fast enough to catch his mother if she tried to off herself in the same manner as before.

Jewels took no insult to her son's words. He did have a point, a legitimate worry. "I'll never leave you." Flight Risk, pulling him into a hug. She released him slowly, he still clinging to her chest. Jewels supposed she could work with him there. She started flying around, looking and listening for a cloud cuddly enough to be in the shape of her son.
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Johnagold and Goaty both leaned on the fence as they watched Jewels gather up the clouds for her sculptures. It was so relieving to Johnagold that Jewels was actually going to try sculpting again, he could just feel a burst of happiness flow through his veins. Johnagold remained silent, watching in anticipation for the finished sculptures. Goaty really didn't care too much, like always. He sat there, munching on the dandelions, paying a little attention to the sky every so often.
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She found a good cloud for it, a young springy one that would be plenty malleable for what she needed. Those wings in particular would be difficult. Jewels gave it the basic shape of him without the wings, all the while distracted by the cloud that wanted to be Johnagold. Do me! Do me first! Come on, they don't are either way! Do me! Fine. Jewels flapped over to the cloud that was speaking to her and put Flight Risk's sculpture down for a moment. This cloud was sure demanding.

The cloud was surprisingly firm for, you know, being a cloud. So she got her hooves into drill motion to get working, sounding more like a jack hammer. It was coming back to Jewels now… The memory of the brief interlude of time she had sculpted clouds as a filly with no fear of judgement or her parents telling her it would get her no where in life. That it was a useless talent. She had to sing with this. Or the jack hammer vibration and sound would scare and dissipate the cloud. A song. "And it's one more day up in the canyons. And it's one more night in Ponyville. If you think you might come to Equestria… I which you would." During which she had finished up the body, mane, and tail of Johnagold. She found small flexible cloud, making that the cloths that he wore typically, the vest, the thing around his neck, the hat.

And then there was the face. Jewels drew into it with her nose, giving accuracy to the stallion's face down to the last freckle. Bawwww, I was hoping you'd use your tongue!

OOC: Based off A Long December, by Counting Crows.
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Johnagold watched Jewels make his sculpture. He had never seen Jewels cloud sculpt before, but he had heard from other ponies that it was like nothing they'd ever seen before. And it was. He was seeing a side of Jewels that she had never shown to him, and he was really liking it. She was so happy she was singing, and singing quite well, too.

The sculpture of Johnagold was complete. It was so incredibly accurate, Johnagold had to blink a few times before he could truly believe that what he was seeing was actually there. He smiled brightly and began poking Goaty.

"What? What?" the Goat asked as he briefly stopped eating his dandelions.

"Goaty, you gotta see this! Just look up!" squeed Johnagold.

"Hm, that sculpture really looks like you down to the last little detail."

"Ah know!"

"I think I'm actually going to watch," said Goaty as he walked up next to Johnagold.

"That's great, Goaty! Now watch this! Here comes another sculpture!"
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"Woooow. He looks awesome." Flight Risk tried whistling, but he wasn't really good at whistling. "Do me next!" He could just tell that his mother wasn't finished with his. There was no way she was done, it wasn't nearly as detailed as Johnagold. It even had the lines of the muscles down right. The colt was excited to see what his mother would do with his.

Jewels started sculpting her son, her role-player apologetic that this thing would be a lot less descriptive. It was just a little writer's block that was either 'cause she was sick, or nervous about the minimum so much it was distracting her. But she did very well with this one as well, getting down the details as well. Then she went about looking for a cloud that would be good for the goat.
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Johnagold and Goaty conversed for a while as Jewels moved on to Flight Risk's sculpture. Johnagold continued gaping at how amazing his sculpture was. It was incredible that Jewels could incorporate all this detail into her art and so quickly, as well.

Now came Flight Risk's sculpture, looking just as incredible as Johnagold's. Even the foal's creepy little changeling wings were done perfectly, not a single scale on the wings missed.

"That is some real talent that marefriend of yours has," whispered Goaty as he laid down on the ground to look at the sky. "She's made yours and the kid's sculptures perfectly, and she barely looked at either of you while doing it."

"Oh, Goaty," whispered back Johnagold, intently watching the sculptures form. "Julie ain't mah marefriend, she and her son are just friends who're stayin' here while she recovers from an injury. There ain't nothin' romantic goin' on between us."

Goaty snickered to himself. "Sure, sure, Master, but that foal didn't just appear out of nowhere. He even called you 'dad'. You went on a few trips to Ponyville before you moved in with Granny and them. Were they trips to go meet with this mare and spend mating season together?"

Johnagold chuckled at Goaty's absurd assumption and whispered back, "No, Ah had to meet with Applejack a few times so she could teach me how to work the farm. Ah even told you that. Flight Risk has a dad, he just ain't a part of his life. Ah guess Ah'm the closest thing to a substitute."

"If you say so, Master. But I still think you at least sort of like her. You really seem to care about her, don't you know."

"Ah can't just refuse someone who really needs mah help. Stop bein' so silly, Goaty, and look at the sculptures."

Goaty laughed to himself again and continued to look at the clouds.
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Johnagold and Flight Risk she could get by memory, Goaty however, was more of a trouble to do. Wait. Idea. She had found a good cloud for this. Jewels took the small cloud and stretched it out to the point where it was nearly invisible, and from a distance it was. Even so, it was strong, and would do well for her idea. It was like twine, only stronger. She cut a bit and interwove it into Flight Risk and Johangold's limps, able to do so without upsetting the sculptures in themselves. Then she went at Goaty, doing his sculptures. His was an odd one, even when she'd done sculptures she'd never done a goat before. His took the longest… But it was just as perfect as the others.

Remembering what the counselor had told him about positive reinforcement, constantly lathered his mother's sculptures with praise, none of them false at all. Positive reinforcement was a big part in making her happy with her special talent. It really was awesome, she should be happy with her special talent, it was amazing. Though… Flight Risk was wondering what in the hay was she doing with those strings. "Whatcha doing?" He asked.

"You'll see." Jewels said, a faint smile on her lips as she finished them up and brought them closer to the ground so that the other two could look at them closer.
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Johnagold and Goaty watched Jewels work on Goaty's sculpture. The texture of the fur, the grooves in the horns, and even Goaty's wispy goat beard were perfect beyond mere words. Goaty's facial expression remained rather blank, but he looked like he was giving full attention to Julie's sculpture of him.

"So, Goaty, whaddaya think?" asked Johnagold as he pointed over to the sculpture.

"Like I said, your marefriend's very skilled in this cloud sculpting or whatever you call it," replied the goat.

"Ah already told you, she ain't mah marefriend, Goaty,"

Goaty rolled his eyes and chuckled to himself. Johnagold's defensiveness about Goaty's joking around was giving the goat more and more fuel for the marefriend-denying fire. Another thing Jewels did that the stallion and his goat didn't fully understand was the whole bit with the cloud string being woven through the sculptures.

"What's the string for, Julie?" asked Johnagold.
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Jewels got the sculptures on the ground, humming softly so that they wouldn't feel too out of place with the new locale. Clouds could be skittish at times, it was why Cloudsdale was so high in the sky. There was more than just Cloudbanker logic to it, they tended to be sturdier stuff the higher up they were. Then she showed exactly what the strings were for, taking up the one for Johnagold and having the cloud sculpture pad right up to him and wave. It was essentially a string puppet.

Flight Risk's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his skull he was so amazed. He flitted off his mother's chest and watched the cloud sculpture move. "By Celestia's horn!" He gasped.
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