Lyra Is Bad At (Last One I Swear)

[humanesqueheartstrings]

[The angle is bad but there's Lyra talking to Carrot Top at her door.]

Yeah sorry for being all sad and not myself. And thanks for hauling me back home too Carrot.

[Carrot Top's reply was indistinct and muffled from the partially rolled up scroll but there's no mistaking the fact that Lyra plated a mutually long kiss good night.]

See you later Carrot Top! I'll send over Derpy for muffins later, and Bon Bon owes you a bag of chocolate.

[As she trots away, she sighs happily.] So glad to have friends like that. I wonder if I should invite Carrot Top for another get together with Bon Bon later on...

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[superstylishsquid]

Well that sounded...affectionate.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Heh it kinda does, doesn't it? We've been friends for years, so I can't help but have affection for Carrot Top. Just don't call her Golden Harvest; she hates that name.

[superstylishsquid]

...Do ponies have different ideas about friendly affection than humans?

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Maybe? I mean, love, acceptance, special somepony, I mean, it's all very just there isn't it?

[superstylishsquid]

That's...uh...not what I meant. That sounded a lot like something that generally has, um, romantic connotations where I was before here.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Romantic? Vas is das? No kidding. I know how it looked and let me lay it on the table: Carrot Top and I have been friends for years. We do everything together, that involves exercise. So don't worry, I'm not exclusive to anypony.

[superstylishsquid]

Huh...don't see that much anymore...

*Are his ears perked forward in interest? Maybe.*

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Love, friendship, special somepony... or someponies. Hay, I've kissed a lot of ponies so go figure.

[superstylishsquid]

And none of them really mind that fact?

[humanesqueheartstrings]

I've never heard any argument yet.

[superstylishsquid]

Well...gotta say, that's not something I expected to hear.

*Wishing he'd known that sooner goes unsaid.*

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Friendship comes in many forms.

[superstylishsquid]

*A faintly amused snort.*

I guess so. I'm just used to people being a bit more uptight about that kind of thing in modern day.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Hehe. Welcome to Equestria with that attitude.

[superstylishsquid]

You're not going to hear me making objections, it's actually a lot closer to how things were before I spent a couple thousand years locked up on some stupid island. I've pretty much gotten used to the ways things have changed, but a little taste of the familiar is rarely a bad thing.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Yeah, like it's not like all ponies are the same as me and my friends, but hey, it's something like you said a little taste of home.

[Treadjack/Voice]

[guns_and_swords]

[From somewhere not too far from Alastor, but still off screen, comes the voice of Womante.]

JUST KISS HER ALREADY!

[superstylishsquid]

*There is a crack of thunder as a bolt of lightning shoots out of the ceiling toward Dante.*

Butt out!

[guns_and_swords]

[There's a yelp, but no major damage is done to the unicorn.

That was so worth it.]

Re: [Treadjack/Voice]

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Well jeepers, you'd think he would I mean I'm dropping all these hints and stuff, and I'm not getting any younger...!

[Treadjack/Voice]

[guns_and_swords]

Well, buck.

Get on with it, Alastor!

[And she's going to teleport somewhere else now.]

[superstylishstallion]

I was trying to be a bit more subtle than some people even seem capable of.

*A glare off screen. Yeah, he's looking at you, Dante.*

But...uh...not saying I would mind.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Ahahahaha well what's stopping you right now?

[superstylishsquid]

Well, right now the fact that I have a nosey house guest to find and kick.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Hehe okay I can wait.

[superstylishsquid]

*A few minutes of searching and having bloodgoyles search later...*

Guess that's going to have to wait, she's better at teleporting than I thought.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

I didn't know you had a teleporting guest.

[superstylishsquid]

The younger Dante's staying with me for a while and I'm teaching her magic from a few books I've been studying. She apparently picked up on teleportation pretty fast.

Guess I'll just have to kick her face in later.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

It sounds like you two are getting along juuuust fine.

[Teasing yes, teasing is good after all.]

[superstylishsquid]

Well, I haven't had to kick her out of the castle yet.

But I guess this means I am free for a while, after all.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Heh yeah. So, you come over for a smooch? [Eyelash batting.]

[superstylishsquid]

Just let me set the bloodgoyles on alert for a certain white maned headache...

*He closes the scroll and finishes his sentence from the couch behind Lyra.*

And I'll be right here.

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Hehe~! [And she goes over to wrap her hooves around his shoulders.] So, a gentleman always kisses a lady first y'know. I think that's how it works, right?

[superstylishsquid]

*And he'll wrap his wings around hers. Has he mentioned that wings are awesome?*

Well, I was going to ask if you wanted me to be a gentleman or a devil today, but I guess that answers that question.

*He gives her a brief smirk before going in for that kiss.*

[guns_and_swords]

Why be subtle? If I attempt it, I get called out. Might as well just say what's on my mind.

[She can be subtle, but its no fun.]

[superstylishsquid]

Tact is a foreign concept to you, isn't it?

[guns_and_swords]

Just because I choose not to use it, doesn't mean I can't.

[superstylishsquid]

Well, if you were any good at it, you wouldn't find subtlety entirely useless.

[Vis, Private]

[noxequus]

Just... please, no more impassioned shows of affection out in the open?

I do not see the need to make public displays such as what Hayate caught the other day. I am quite happy you have such love in your life, and yet it makes me rather uncomfortable to know that you would bring intimacy to a place where it could be witnessed openly by those who do not fully comprehend.

[Yes, it appears that public displays of affection are a touchy subject with the princess.]

Re: [Vis, Private]

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Heheheh, sorry! I didn't mean for this to be caught on scroll after all. I'll keep it a little more hidden away next time.

[Teasing? Maybe. But Lyra's fully willing to respect Luna's wishes. Although if anyone asks for it, they'll get it.]

[Vis, Private]

[noxequus]

And no further trysts behind the Indehiscent Chair store.

Re: [Vis, Private]

[humanesqueheartstrings]

It was a new location! I had to christen it.

[Lyra plz.] But fiiiine I'll keep it to the park bench.

[Vis, Private]

[noxequus]

Keep it to thy own quarters.

Or those of thy partner.

Or... a darkened movie theatre, where such acts are frowned upon but still generally expected to occur.

Re: [Vis, Private]

[humanesqueheartstrings]

Princess do you... have a thing against public snogging? Not that I'm complaining I just wanted to know.

[Vis, Private]

[noxequus]

[Luna can't actually say anything. No, seriously, that's one of those political rules that one learns within the first century of rulership: Never be caught saying something that is actively opposed to the common mindset. So she can't actually confirm the truth, and she sees no gain in lying. She can't actually say anything.

That said, she can certainly glare her answer.]

Re: [Vis, Private]

[humanesqueheartstrings]

[Lyra's just going to give one of those MLP squeaky-grins before giggling.] Okay, okay, I'll lighten up a little on the Public Snogging.