Chapter 2
: The burning city/ The Haybale
:later that night
Ransom walks up to the bar and sighs, this is how he has spent most of his free time since his father died. As he walks into the rundown building, it is dimly lit on the inside and there is a few ponies here and there having a drink and talking.
From behind the bar the old bartender lets out a shout.” Hey ransom! thought you might show up tonight, just got a fresh shipment of cider in, It is...well better than most of the slop we get!" Ransom sits down at the bar and give the tender a small bag of caps.” Yeah...going to be a long night..."
The bartender looks at the colt and asks as he hands him his drink "Why are you so down son?" Ransom looks at him and sighs.” I don’t want to talk about it thunder..." Before the Old colt can
say anything another pony walks up and says a bit to loud.” Another round for me and my friends Thunderhooves sir!"
The bartender looks at him and says.” Do you have the cap?" The loud colt checks his belt for his coin purse and laughs.” Well... no but You wont mind giving an old friend some on the house, right?"
Thunder yells at the colt.” This is the third day in a row you have not played me, I want you out of my ba..."Ransom pushes a hoof full of caps into the bartenders chest and says."
Just give them what they want..." Both look surprised but say nothing, the colt just takes the drinks and walks back to his table in the corners. The bartender looks at ransom and asks.” Well, why did you do that?" Ransom takes another swig of his drink before answering him.” To shut you two up... To much to ask?" The bartender nods and say.” Mind if I ask wot happened?"
Ransom looks up with somewhat of an angry glance and say.” You know what just get me a bottle of applejack Daniel to go..."
And with that he sets the rest of his caps on the bar and gets up and gets his clock and goggles on, grabs the bottle and walks out of the dimly lit bar...
As ransom walks out of the bar and into the dirty street he fits his goggles on his face and passes an old sick looking colt
who says.” You not sticking around for cards tonight?" Ransom looks over his shoulder and says.” Not tonight lucky..."
Ransom looks at the wall that surrounds the town, they called it the burning city because shortly after it was built the wall caught of fire and everything burned, they rebuilt and carried on, guess its just a joke.
Other than the wall there is a few
houses dusted around the town and near the center there is a market that is well lit with ponies going to and fro getting what they need for the night. As ransom walks threw the market owners of the stores try to get him to look at there goods and grab his attention. When he gets to the outer wall he climbs up the stairs and says to the guard.” Hey I will take this
shift, go get some food." The guard does not need any pony to tell him twice.” Sound good to me ransom, have a good night!"
He runs into the night.” Well...at least somepony is happy..." He takes a seat over the wall and pulls out a knife to open up his bottle of Applejack Daniel he bought, He thinks to himself.” I hope that the rest of the night can be peaceful…