The Breeziest of Days [Dead]

[quill]

Quill swiftly shut her door behind her and took off at a trot down the cobblestone path from her small home. Her pink and yellow satchel bounced merrily against her flank as she made her way past ponies walking through the streets. The sun was high in the sky, approaching midday as she waltzed through the town. There was a certain spring to her step as she saw the marketplace sprawled in front of her - brightly colored awnings and the sound of dozens of ponies milling about the shops. She grinned, weaving through the crowd to the sweets shop. She had just recently finished a chapter of her latest story and after this quick stop for some watermelon candy, she would be off to deliver it for her editor. But there was the rattle of extra coins and she quickly deposited them on the counter of the shop. As the flap to her satchel was open, a large gust of wind tore through the small shops and ruffled the blue and yellow awning above her. Another breeze pulled her mane to the left, getting a piece of hair in her mouth. She sputtered and looked up to see her beautiful, recently finished chapter floating up in the air. 

"No- no no no! Come back-" she jumped and snagged one page in her teeth, and caught another that had been sitting on the awning with her magic. But dozens of pieces of paper fluttered throughout the street now, ponies huffing indignantly as they got caught up under their hooves. "My chapter - come on!" She stamped a hoof and frowned. "That was my last copy..."

She left her money on the counter, forgetting her watermelon sweets completely and started weaving her way through the crowd, furiously closing her satchel as another gust of wind tumbled through. 

[Raf]

It was another common day in the lives of merchants at the Marketplace in Ponyville, where Meteoric was passing through. He looks around and sees lots of ponies from different kinds, shapes and colors. Meteoric decided to bring his pet for some fresh air, the cockatiel was sitting on his back, wich was also looking around at all the ponies and animals. "Come on there's nothing to worry about!" Meteoric said to his pet that seemed to be worried. Goods from all over Equestria was being transported in and out. It was midday, also known as the golden time or peak hour for merchants and traders alike to get the attention of the countless ponies roaming the shops.
Meteoric passed through the first shops and sees everything from spell books to rare flowers. He looks in front of him to discover a crowd building up on the center of the market. It was all but very noisy and busy, Meteoric passed through the crowd and notices a frowned blue colored mare that had a satchel and was anxiously looking around, as if she has lost something or somepony. There were pieces of paper everywhere on the ground, some seemed to have been stepped upon. "Hey, are you alright? You seem to be pretty worried. Are you lost or something? It is a very busy place after all." said Meteoric as he approached the unicorn.

[quill]

Quill snagged another page from under the hoof of a browsing pony, the corner of it tearing in the process. She sighed, stuffing it in her satchel when a voice came up behind her. "Are you alright? You seem pretty worried. Are you lost or something?"

Quill turned to a unicorn with a shock of red hair and a curious look. She smiled halfheartedly. "Oh, I'm fine. Not lost, either, thank you though. I was just stopping to buy some sweets when a gust of wind took my chapter away, and it was just my final copy of it..." She lifted another page with her magic and put it away in her bag for emphasis. Then she brightened and beamed at the pony. "It's no biggy, though. No need for me to go scowling and moping around town. My name's Quill - and yours? I don't think I've seen you around." She held out a hoof, but in the background, you could still see papers fluttering with a purple haze of magic around them, depositing themselves into the satchel at her hip.

[Raf]

"My name is Meteoric, its good to meet you too. Wait, are you sure that everything's alright? You seem to be very worried about such a thing, it's a shame that just happened. It would be a shame if you put a lot of work into it, just to get destroyed like that. Or maybe you're just having bad luck."
The crowd that had formed before started to break apart, that made Meteoric feel less pressured, he didn't liked the idea of having a lot of ponies around him. "I'm curious to what you've been writing on those papers, they seemed to be very important for you." As Meteoric said that, he sees something important and quickly rushes to the shop, leaving Quill with a clueless expression on her face.
Meteoric has just seen a rare crystal on display at a nearby stand. He forgot the name of said crystal, but Meteoric explored hundreds of places across Equestria and have never saw such a thing. After a moment of him staring at the object for some seconds his mind turns around. Quill was still in the same place, messing around with the paper. Suddenly she hears meteoric coming back. "Ops, got a little bit carried out there for a moment. Anyways, are you new around here? I don't know a lot of ponies so i can't really guess." it was past midday and the movement around the market started to calm down.

[quill]

"Well, nice to meet you Meteoric." Quill smiled again, but frowned slightly at the mention of her papers. "Perhaps it is just bad luck. Those pages were the finished draft of the latest chapter in the book that I'm writing. I was on my way to drop them off at my editor's house today, but of course, the wind grabbed them-" mid-sentence, Meteoric bolts off to another shop in the vicinity. Quill was left with her mouth hanging open in the middle of talking, staring blankly.

"Alright then."

He returns quickly, though, as she's neatly uncrinkling the parchment in her hooves. She laughs at his sudden interest in... whatever it had been he was so intrigued in, and shakes her head. "Oh no, I've lived in Ponyville my entire life. In fact, I've never even left!" She laughs. "And yourself? Where are you from? And, if you wouldn't mind, I'm curious as to what caught your attention so quickly?"

[Raf]

"Oh really? Looks like I just didn't come across you because most of the time I'm just trotting around all over the place, including lands beyond Equestria, wich is not really...how should I put this...safe you see. I've always been livin' in Ponyville, I wanted a pet so much and after some research, I discovered that a cockatiel would fit me better than the other animals." Before Meteoric continued Quill said "I'm curious as to what caught your attention so quickly."
"Oh don't worry about it, it's was just a piece of stone that you don't find everywhere. Got caught by it because I'm just really curious towards mysterious stuff. That's one of the reasons I like exploring so much." responded Meteoric, when Quill started to open her mouth to speak, Meteoric started talking before she did. "Sorry, I'm getting carried away again. About your papers...will something happen if you don't deliver the papers? Don't you need any help? I was just hanging out with my pet and I don't really have anything to do right now. By the way, I've never really went to the marketplace here in Ponyville. At least not in this part, there's so much stuff that I didn't even know about, don't you find anything nice around here too?"

[quill]

Quill chewed on this last question for a moment. She knew first of all that if she did not get all of her papers, she would only have bits and pieces and would thus have to rewrite the entire section of her story. That was even manageable, if need be, but it also occurred to her that today was her deadline for getting the latest installment of the book to her editor. If she didn't deliver it today, she be handing over a bit more of her money and, therefore, have to give up the watermelon sweets. Midway through these thoughts, she also realized that her money was still sitting at the candy counter. Hopefully.

"Oh - oh, yes, something will happen if they aren't delivered, oh-" suddenly, Quill was whirling about. In the midst of twirling to look at how many things she was still missing, she also recognized that Meteoric had a cockatiel sitting on his shoulder. Too many thoughts for her to proces at once.

"I just need to grab my money from that stall over there, and then perhaps, if it's not trouble to you and your bird, we could collect my chapter? Oh, today was my deadline - why did I have to procrastinate today, of all days?" She mumbled the last bit before smiling once and dashing to the candy cart.

Upon returning, she smiled again and nodded to the pony and his pet. "And, if you'd really like, I could show you around a bit in this area, if you wanted to see. I know it like the back of my hoof."

[Raf]

After Quill rushed to get her bits back, Meteoric looked at his bird, wich was pretty calm, the cockatiel also looked up at him with a happy expression. "Alright...If you really want, you can help her get the papers back too, It's her deadline today after all." thought Meteoric as he realizes Quill was coming back, the mare looked at both of them and asked a question. "And if you'd really like, I could show you around." Meteoric quickly brings a smile on his face and responds. "Well, If we are going to look for the papers then you might as well show me around the market, It's a pretty big place, even though I've always lived here in Ponyville the market doesn't really get my attention you see..."
Now both unicorns and the cockatiel were looking for any important papers on the ground, It was easier than Meteoric thought, his pet was doing a good job pointing out where some of the papers were. After an hour or so, most of the pieces were put back together. Meteoric waited for his bird to land on his back before he started to talk with Quill that was messing with the papers again, but this time had a happier look on her. "We have a lot of pieces now, you should be able to re-write it. If you don't make it, I'll buy the candy for you if you really want."

[crunkfist]

A rope softly dances through the air, snapping up about a dozen pages. They are pulled down to the ground and stacked up magically infront of the green unicorn. He looks about but nopony seems to be looking for these, so he finds a solitary place to read, curiousity and the love of a good story taking over his shopping trip. Knotty sits in between stalls eagerly sorting, then reading the snippet of a chapter. After about an hour he has finished reading and re reading it with wonder. Shakily he stands, the pages floating in from of him as he stretches. Not too far ahead knotty spies a unicorn frantically sorting papers that look just like the ones he is reading. He looks at the story, then back to the other pony, and back to the papers, then once more back up, this time spotting meteoric hand on over another page. Suddenly his nerves calm and he slowly makes his way over to the pair of unicorns. he stops several times letting other busy ponies pass between shops. It takes him far too long to walk a few metres. with a stumble he limps out from a small bunch of oblivious ponies who seem to have formed from nowhere. A small stack of papers float just beside his horn, a nervous smile creeping across his face. he stumbles for words but they get caught in his throat. With a cough and a blush he finally finds his voice. "its good!" nerves swell up in his chest, his hooves begin to softly shake, and his eyes slightly squint. Oh no, thats not at all what he wanted to say. "Ok afraid knot. Breathe. Think. Forget about all the other ponies. Focus." His thoughts slow as he calms himself and the pages float softly towards quill. "i mean, i hope you dont mind i read this, is there more? Its realy good!" he looks over at meteoric "hey! Its good to see you again!" the smile on Knotty's face dosnt change as his saddle bags begin to slip off. He nudges them with his body and they re seat on his back. the crowd grows louder with the mid day sun. Ponies shout over each other bidding on fine items, parents pull foals through the crowd hastily, and somehow knotty seems to repeatedly see the same purple pegasus. He can never get a good look at her, and he brushes it off as coincidence. All the chaos rallies his nerves, causing his jaw to tighten and his hooves to shake as he tries not to run. He looks back to quill with an extreemly nervous smile.

[quill]

Collecting the papers took up a sizable amount of time, but the help from Meteoric and his bird was so extremely helpful. Quill made sure to make her thanks known as she pointed out the more intriguing parts of the marketplace. She showed him here favorite shop for brightly colored socks and the shop with the absolute best supply of parchment paper. There was also a stall with a large assortment of geological books and samples that she gathered might be more Meteoric's style. The clutter of midday at the popular market was starting to wear down a bit, but the sun was still bright and warm, hanging high in the sky.  

After all this time, however, she was still missing a few pages. The unicorn's offer was kind, though. "Oh, that's sweet of you to offer, but it's alright. Because of your help, I should be able to pull together what I'm missing and-" another pony, a unicorn of a green hue had walked up with a completely bewildered look upon his face. Quill noted the papers hovering in a cloud of magic. "It's good!" He exclaimed suddenly, making Quill jump in surprise. He bumbled a bit with his compliments and questions, but Quill beamed at him as he nervously smiled.

"Of course I don't mind - thank you so much for finding these, actually! It's a part of this chapter of a book I've been writing... You can read it once I get it all put together, if you really thought it was ok..." She grinned and nodded to Meteoric. "If you don't mind me asking, how do you two know each other?" And before she could forget, she jumped in and said, "Oh! Where are my manners - my name is Quill. What's yours?"

[Raf]

As Quill was talking, she got interuppted by a familiar voice, wich Meteoric also heard. He turned around to see Afraid Knot trotting up to them with a couple of pages floating around him."Huh? Afraid Knot? It's good to see you again buddy, what are you doing around Ponyville market anyways?" Meteoric was surprised to see him again after such a long time, the green unicorn seemed to be fine for a pony who lives in the forest by himself. "He showed up at the right moment, what a coincidence." Meteoric thought, as he saw Quill nodding to him.
"Oh, well we actually met in a cold night some time ago, a storm hit Ponyville and we had to seek shelter inside an inn, just by looking out the window made me get the shivers, it wasn't pretty." Meteoric answered to Quill's question, but then he remembered something and started to talk again. "By the way, thanks for showing me around Quill, I never realised that I could find awesome stuff around the places here in Ponyville, I usually go shopping in Canterlot you see. It's more expensive but it does the job." Meteoric looked at Quill with a grin on his face.
Afraid Knot still had a rope with him. "It's that rope again, will I ever see him without that thing on him? Not sure why he would bring it into Ponyville really." Meteoric thought as he looked at the rope hovering around Knotty.

[crunkfist]

knotty looks almost entranced and stumbles yo speak. " Quill. What an enchanting name. " with a shake of his head he snaps back into the moment. His short rope is half draped over his neck, and now that he isn't levitating pages, he mindlessly manipulates the short length into confusing, yet beautiful knots. "hey meteoric, i was just on my way to look at renting a little house, its not much, my first place outside of a camp. I didn't think i would be able to make a living here, but it turns out a lot of ponies are willing to pay fairly well for the flowers and plants i can dig up. " the flap of his worn saddle bag flips open, his short rope shooting into the sack. It produces a beautiful and rare blue flower. The flower comes to rest infront of quill. "prety isn't it?" knotty looks around with a grumble of his stomach, his gaze resting on a small food stand on the outer limits of the market. "would you two like to get something to eat? I still have some time before i need to be at the house." a busy mare bumps into afraid knot and scoffs at him, raising her chin high in the air as she trots off to her next shopping destination. Knotty dosnt even have time to say excuse me before she dissapears into the crowd, not that he exactly knows why he should apologise. His attention swiftly returns to the ponies infront of him.

[crunkfist]

(( unfortunately raf has decided to leave the site would you like to keep going anyways? ))

[quill]

((oh no, that's too bad we could continue this, or if you'd rather, you can PM me and we can figure out a new rp))

[crunkfist]

(( im good either way, we can finish this one off while we work out something awesome to collaborate on. ))