The Blazing Jubilee [Dead]

[waxworks]

(A quick thingy before I start: This is sort of a Canterlot-wide Fireworks celebration over three days, so here's the idea: You can take part in this thread WITHOUT having to tag along with another pony. That means, no post order! Just make sure someone else posts before you post again. If you want to just gallop through the streets with sparklers clenched in your teeth and eating corndogs, that's fine, and if you want to join in on anypony's storyline, that's fine too. So each day will be fun and excitement, and each night will be one of the three big fireworks shows, after which the event will end.)

"I LOVE the smell'a phosphorus in the mornin'," cheered a pegabat with an appropriately explosive mane, leaning out the window of the express train as it heaved into the station. Plumes of steam shot off around the Canterlot station as yet another large load of ponies came in for the festivities. Luggage and crates were being unloaded gingerly by all the porters, as a number of the tourists all had fairly explosive attitudes with regards to the weekend's festivities. It was also for this reason that the Canterlot Brigade of Fireponies was on hoof, just in case anything went off at the wrong time. Similarly, a few psychiatrist ponies were also available for free consolation hugs just in case any projects that had been months in planning went off at the wrong time.

Powderkeg was drinking it all in giddily, as two of her crates were being carefully loaded onto a small wagon. She'd been spending the last month planning, building and testing, as well as building up some stock to sell to the seemingly endless eager faces looking for their own sparkling bit of magic for a fair price. She snapped out her leathery wings and popped up into the air for a moment. The streets were absolutely packed, and even in the daylight you could still make out sparklers zipping along through the streets, and plumes of multicolored smoke snaking up into the air with distinct patterns. Further out towards one of the larger crossways a band could just barely be made out over the crowds, high-tempo swing music with blaring horns and drums serving as an appropriate backdrop.

"Hooooo doggies," said the pegabat pony, coming to rest on top of one of her crates, "good thang we didn't teleport in, might'a ended up becomin' really close friends with somepony new!" She turned towards her companions who were coming off the train, "didn't I tell y'all it was gonna be huge?"

[darktobias13]

"Indeed you did Powderkeg." The pegabat's companions were also different looking, with one being a dark gray unicorn wearing a pair of welding goggles and sporting a burned looking mane. The other was a small unicorn filly, dark blue in pelt and wearing a giant sorcerer's cap. The dark gray unicorn was limping very slightly, but was wearing a wide grin. He was examining the wide array of visitors, seeing all manner of ponies from across Equestria. "Probably was a good thing that we didn't teleport in, good call there Powderkeg! Although its a good thing I'm gonna set up at the clocktower, it seems like these other ponies decided to claim every inch of open space. Hey Mira, want to make sure the boxes get to the right place?" Gearshift turned to his little sister, just in time to see Mira rolling down the street on one of the moving dollies with their crates, whirling down the street and sending ponies flying to the sides of the street in her wake.

Gearshift chuckled and looked over at his friend Powderkeg, "Well PK, once we are set up, what should we do until tonight? Never been to this big of a festival before. I know Mira will have fun in this chaos." Gearshift looked to her for the plan.

[Afterglow]

As the train pulled into Canterlot station Afterglow begun to shake in his seat quivering like a young foal on nightmare night.

"Listen Wall Flower i know its your first time in Canterlot since well you know but you have wanted to see this festival since the day..... well since forever." the black unicorn spoke to himself out loud as a particularly wide grin spread across his face exposing his just as particularly sharp teeth drawing the unwanted attention of other ponies preparing to disembark the train. the smile vanished as the quivering worsened. 

"bu-bu-bu-but a-a-all tho-s-s Ponys." afterglow said unable to finish his sentence after looking out the window into the station

"Afterglow remember what we talked about!" this time Afterglow shouted before slaping himself across the face drawing even more stares. One mother even had to tell her son to stop pointing. seconds later the quivering reduced itself to a slight shiver and a look of determination came over Afterglows face a expression the nervous Unicorn seldom ever wore.


"your right!" he slamed one front hoof into the palm of the other "this is where one sees the greatest display of lights in all of Equestria!" Afterglow rose from his seat and began to make way off the train. "I am going to Experience it my self first hoof!" as he finished his proclamation of determination Afterglow turned the corner walking onto the exit ramp looking upon the masses of Ponies gathered in Canterlot a faint "O'" was all he could mutter Before passing out from shock and tumbling down the ramp like a giant rag doll slamming his face into a stack of crates that a vary odd looking Pegabat stood atop of.            

[waxworks]

"Well, I got some sellin' t'do, first night's always th'best for sales, all the lil' things... ain't got anything big for tonight's show, I'm in the competition tomorrow, so I'm thinkin'-"

The pegabat suddenly found herself pinwheeling her forelegs around wildly trying to keep balance as she found her crates shudder suddenly, before she did a full forward tumble off of them, headfirst, landing on top of a black unicorn with a very surprised expression on her face. She flailed her wings, managing to roll off of the pony before she popped back to her feet and shook her head to sort out her eyes.

"Bustin' black POWDER," she eyed the unicorn, pointing at the large stickers on her crates which read, CAUTION, FLAMMABLE, INFLAMMABLE, EXPLOSIVE, VOLATILE, and TEMPERAMENTAL, "y'all just gallopin' along headfirst in the city on a day like t'day, not lookin' where yer horn's pointin', yer darn lucky y'didn't wind up arcin' magnificently over that there horizon!"

[darktobias13]

Gearshift put a hoof to get his volatile friend's attention. "Uhm Powder? He is sorta unconscious at the moment. And judging from the fact that we are standing right next to the train station, its kinda hard to be out of the way and not get rushed by ponies." Using his magic, Gearshift picked up the boxes carefully, setting them in a nearby empty wagon. Getting set to pull the crate, Gearshift looked over to the unconscious pony and sighed. "Well, we can't simply leave him here now can we?" Gearshift picked up the pony and put him in the wagon as well. "Alright PK, the clock tower is in the main square and is my claimed spot, want to set up there as well? Tis a sure fire way to get customers. I'm not selling, so you can use the space yourself. I'm going to get this pony somewhere so he doesn't get stomped on. It doesn't look like he will be out dor too long anyway. So lets go PK!" Gearshift said cheerfully as he started trotting down the street, pulling the wagon with him.

[Afterglow]

"O' by Celestias grace what happend why dose my head hert" said Afterglow his voice echoing the the two Room apartment him and Nightligh called a skull.

"He-he you get a A for effort Wall flower but you passed out the second you left the cart ah ha ha" Nightlight chuckled amused by there dilemma 

"Errg not agin thats it im getting up" as Afterglow spoke these words in his head his body started to shuffle a little bit showing signs of consciousness

"O no you dont" shouted Nightlight Afterglows body once agin fell limp on the crates

"Stop it i dont even know were i am.... or is it we am or i are"

"Leve it all to me Wall Flower you see wile you passed out i was all eyes and ears and your stunt at the station has landed us a prime ticket at the Canterlot clock tower so im not letting you move a inch" Afterglow had little choice but to surrendered to Nightlight there body lied there as limp as ever waiting to arrive at the best vantage point in all of Canterlot. 
 

[waxworks]

"Right, sorry," said Powderkeg, casting her eyes down and quietly muttering to herself about herself. "Guess we should... get on to the clocktower."

She was starting to glance to the slightly stirring unconscious pony atop the crates when suddenly a rather haughty, snooty voice rang out, "that wild mane, those black leathery wings, I thought you knew better than to try your luck again in this town."

Powderkeg glanced up in surprise, to find three elegant looking, neon colored pegasus ponies looking down at her. Each of them seemed to have a thick air of dignity about them, the sort of haze that made a pony's lips look constantly pursed like they were about to make a cutting remark. Each of them had a similar cutie mark, each being a unique flower made out of sparkling light. The middle pony, who was a brilliant shade of neon orange with a cascading black and white mane, spoke again.


"I swear, it's like these days you can't take two steps outside without-" Her uppity mode of speech was suddenly replaced by an extremely high pitched squeal as she suddenly had a pegabat wrapped around her head, gregariously applying hoof-noogies to her head. The mare's two sisters both looked intensely amused.

"Well roll me in powder and light my tail! DOLLY! Didn't know you three were in town!"

"No! Keggy, my mane! Stop! Stop her! Pleeease! Stop giggling and stop her!" Cried Dahlia Sparklers, while her sisters Chrysanthemum and Willow watched in amusement.

"You should've told us you were coming for the Jubilee, Keggy," said Willow Sparklers, smiling pleasantly, "we would've made up a room for you."

"Aw shucks y'all know I'll be bunking at ma and pa's place. Y'all seen my kin swoopin' 'round here yet?"

"No, but if you're expecting them I'm certain we will," said Chrysanthemum Sparklers, glancing at the unicorn pulling the wagon. "Oh, and who is this?"

"OH! Er, sorry, got kinda caught up, uh, Dolly, Willy, Crissy, meet Gearshift! He's a spankin' amazin' great inventor I met out in Ponyville! Oh, an' his lil' sister Mira's out here somewhere too, sweet lil' thang in a big cute hat. Gear, lemme introduce ya to the Sparkler Sisters! They were ma rivals 'fore I came out to Ponyville. I keep tellin' Dolly she comes off like a snoot full'a silver when she talks but don't pay that no mind she's packed tight an' well aimed!"

Dahlia Sparklers nodded sheepishly at this evaluation, "pleased to meet you Mr. Gearshift, where are you..." She glanced up at a form atop the crates, "three? off to?"

[darktobias13]

"Good day to you, Sparkler Sisters. As Powderkeg said, my name is Gearshift, Master HexTech inventor. And chances are that my sister will be back soon. She gets bored easily and will come looking to try and prank me. As for where we are off to, Powderkeg and I are on our way to the Clocktower, which i own. And this unconscious pony on the crate here ran into Powderkeg, literally, at the train station so i'm taking him somewhere where he won't get stomped on." Gearshift grinned on the inside, he had felt the pony stirring and go limp again. This pony wasn't as knocked out as he would have them believe.

"Friends of Powderkeg are friends of mine, so feel free to join us tonight at the clocktower if you wish. Best thing about owning it is that it gives the best view to any firework shows, up on the top of it. Now if you will excuse me, i have to make sure that Mira doesn't get too bored and resort to her illusions." Gearshift trotted toward the tower, muttering good-heartedly about Mira and Waxworks spending too much time together.

[waxworks]

"I'll meet ya there!" Said Powderkeg, fluttering her wings eagerly as she chattered on with her friends. It turned out the Sparkler Sisters were going to be in the competition as well on Saturday, so the rivalry was back on. Sadly they always tended to focus on their strengths and weren't exceedingly inventive, but their work was always high quality.

As Gearshift took towards the tower, there were numerous ponies racing past him with sparklers and various other explosive toys. He was also being verbally assailed by numerous ponies behind booths pitching their wares for anypony that wanted to have a pyrotechnically terrific time in Canterlot that weekend.

"HEY! You! Want a firecracker guaranteed to charm your friends? We use magical shells, perfectly safe! You'll find no fireworks finer than those made by Roman Candle!"

One stall had large, bright orange balls of carefully wrapped paper with fuses sticking out of them, with a number of ponies eagerly rolling them away to light them at a safe distance. A blazing red Earth Pony was leaning against the stall, standing on his hind legs with forelegs crossed ominously, and a serious look on his face. What looked like some kind of flaming pipe was clenched in his teeth, with a what looked like a lit blazing candle on a silk hat he was wearing. It was clear he owned the booth, and the lettering on it proclaimed him to be named Kamuro Tamaya.

A rocket shot through the crowd and into the air, making a small explosion in the distinct shape of glittering crown. A blue unicorn leapt onto the top of her stall yelling, "GET YOUR CUSTOM CUTIE-MARK FIREWORKS HERE AT SPIDER CROSETTE'S!"

It was just as Gearshift had passed a booth of a somewhat paranoid looking pegasus named Bengal Fire, that a smaller, soot covered pegasus filly with a single large rocket strapped to her back stumbled out of the crowd, toppling over directly in front of him.

[Afterglow]

[OOC] im so sorry about my in inactivity if its ok with the mods im going to hold off the posting till we reach the clock tower or en till i get some more free time you see i just started a summer semester of art school at Montserat collage of art and im kinda working chef as a side job SOOO i am BUSY BUSY BUSY but this forum is still vary important to me so well be checking daily so ya by and sry

[darktobias13]

Gearshift walked through the market slowly, his limp in his front leg becoming a bit more pronounced. Ever since his Spitfire launcher had blown up on him, his leg had been giving him some trouble whenever he walked for more than a short distance. It didn't hurt him much, it just caused the muscles to seize up a bit, an annoyance, nothing more. He scanned the market, chuckeling softly to himself. If only these uptight ponies knew of his hex-tech rockets, they wouldn't make such bold claims.

He was so engrossed in looking at all the exotic looking merchandise that he almost stepped on the small pony that fell in front of him. His eyes widened at the size of the rocket the pony had, then reached down to help her up.

"Careful little one. Running around in the crowds like this is dangerous, especially with that big of a rocket strapped to your back. Are you ok?" Gearshift asked, looking at the small pony to check on her.

[waxworks]

((Okay Afterglow! Just join back in whenever you're ready, until then we'll... haul your unconscious body around ))

The little sooty pegasus coughed slightly as she was helped to her hooves, frenetically checking on the large rocket strapped to her back. Her small wings fluttered at such a high speed that she gave off the high pitched buzz of a bee amongst all of the festival noise. After making certain everything was still alright, she sighed and relaxed slightly, rubbing her eyes with a hoof and blinking up at Gearshift.

"Oh, uh, sorry mister," she paused for a moment, her tone shifting to one of amazement when she suddenly saw the cart piled high with crates, "oh, oh! Oh wow! Are you one of the pyrotechnic ponies?! You're competing aren't you? Right?"

The little pegasus started to lift off of the ground slightly, wings buzzing in excitement as she peered at the crates. "I'm a pyrotechnic pony too! Or, er, I'm going to be, going to be. OH! Oh, I didn't introduce myself! I didn't... okay!"

The buzzing sound ended and she dropped back to the ground with a delicate plop, "I'm Emmy! Er, well, my name's Eminent, and most folks call me Em, most folks, but I'm Emmy Eighty and, uh... I'm... uhm..."

Em Eighty took a deep breath, and lifted herself into the air with her small wings, "I'm going to win this competition!"

[voot]

((OOC: Hope it's not too late to join the fun!))


"Nothin' better than the fireworks in Canterlot!" Exclaimed Frei Height, hovering above the crowded city street. From his vantage point in the sky, he could see absolutely nothing through the waves of ponies below, and the swarm of pegasi zooming about around him. He lit a sparkler, taking hold of it in his mouth, shook his tail, shifting the glowsticks that had been unceremoniously weaved around his bushy appendage, and flew off, suddenly aware of a slight ache in his stomach. "It has been a while since I ate" He thought to himself, "but how am I gonna find the market in this horde of ponies?". Scanning the sea of party-crazed equines, his eyes landed upon a peculiar pegasus, whose bat like limbs and bombastic hair style made her stick out like a sore thumb. Deciding, for no particular reason, that this was a mare who knew her way around a city like Canterlot, he made his way towards her, artfully dodging and weaving through the pegasi in the air, before coming to a less than gracious landing in front of her.

"Ecscush meh, da yew n-" He stopped himself, remembering the fiery stick clenched between his teeth. He blew a powerful gust out his nose, extinguishing the sparkler, and spat it on the ground beside him. "Do you know where a pony can get a bite to eat around here?"

[darktobias13]

Gearshift smiled. Bowing his head to the small excitable filly, he introduced himself.

"Well Em, my name is Gearshift, Inventor. But fireworks are a side hobby of mine, so i decided to enter this competition. I must say, your enthusiasm is inspiring. If you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything. Otherwise, these," He said, motioning to the boxes,"Aren't my fireworks. Rather they belong to a pegabat friend of mine named Powderkeg. My inventions aren't anywhere near this bulky and ornate," he said, motioning to all of the stands and their wares. Then an idea sparked in his mind and he grinned widely. "As a matter of fact, i have one of my fireworks with me. Its not too big, and it shows off my personal style of fireworks. hold on a sec."

Gearshift reached into his tool bag and pulled out a small sphere covered in a shin sheet of foil looking substance. He grinned before jumping up the boxes on the wagon and chucking it down the street a bit, aiming for a clear bit of pavement. The sphere hit the ground and the outer substance burst into flames. Gearshift let out a low whistle, before calling towards the fireball. "Wake up Leo!" The flames seemed to unravel into a lithe figure, which stretched and started slinking towards Gearshift. As it came closer, features could be made out, with claws and whiskers. It had a pair of deep golden eyes, which reflected the eyes of Gearshift, who was controlling the fire with his magic and shaping it. It was simply a matter of controlling the shape of the energy. It leapt over to Gearshift and nuzzled against him before dissipating. Gearshift smiled and turned to Em, "Thats only the beginning of the things i can make. I have alot more hextechworks at the clock tower. You should meet Powderkeg and my little sister. I think you would all get along quite well. If you would like to, come along." Gearshift smiled before continuing on to the clock tower.

[waxworks]

Powderkeg blinked at the sudden appearance of a freckled pegasus that had suddenly chosen to drop in front of her. She looked around a bit at the incredible throng of ponies moving through the streets and had to wonder why she'd been chosen out of all them, but having just had a huge reunion with some of her childhood friends, the Sparkler sisters, she was in the sort of mood to not question it.

"Uh, howdy... well, uh... best place t'eat right 'bout now would be th'plaza, they got them a big bandstand set up an' all kindsa snack booths..." She glanced through the crowd, and realized she could barely see the streets herself much less describe a route through them. "Aw shoot... hey, look, I'm headin' that way m'self, if'n y'want, y'could follow me?"

She fluttered her leathery wings for a moment to get above the crowd a little, "but y'all best keep up!"

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Having just seen a large creature made of fire stroll down the street and nuzzle a pony, Bengal Fire quietly wrapped up his booth, loaded his wares onto his back, and stalked off with a rather mortified look on his face. Some of the other ponies in the street, especially the younger ones, had all cooed eagerly at the sight, most of the salesponies went quiet, Spider Crosette toppled off of her booth with a crash, and Kamuro Tamaya continued his motionless performance with his fiery pipe clenched in his teeth.

Em Eighty's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of her head. The rocket on her back had swung around to the front, and the little filly was now clinging to it like one would cling to a teddy. "That was amazing! Amazing!" Her little mouth moved wordlessly for a moment like all the words were crashing into each other at once, "I got one too I... oh.."

Her wings drooped, "I've gotta save mine for the competition, it's just for the competition, and I've only got the one...."

A loud flapping sound managed to be overheard above the various music, fireworks and laughter.

"SHOOT that was one heckuva flare! Did y'all get lost?" Powderkeg appeared with a grin, coming to a landing atop the crates, careful not to knock the still unconscious Afterglow off of them. "Y'all fancy a stop in th'plaza up ahead? Gettin' kinda peckish m'self and I told..."

The pegabat cupped her hooves to her mouth and bellowed, "HOWDY ROMAN!" It was loud enough that the unicorn she was addressing looked up in surprise, not noticing he'd suddenly lit his own leg on fire instead of the firework he'd been holding. He waved the flaming limb cordially at Powderkeg, noticed it, and quickly stuck it in a bucket of water he had set aside for just such an occasion.

"Heh, good t'see him back this year... anyhoo, got some pegasus feller name'a Frei followin' me, said I'd show him where ta eat..." She trailed off and peered around Gearshift, "who's yer lil' friend?"

"I'm a pyropony too!" Said the little pegasus filly, flapping eagerly, "I'm Emmy Eighty, an' I'm competing, and I'm gonna..." She paused, looking a little less confident, "and I'm gonna compete!"

"...Right, well good ta meetchya, name's Powderkeg, c'mon everypony, this way t'vittles!"