East Bound and Down
April 17th, 2012
After getting shot in the ear and a night full of arguing over rodeo with Applejack, I had gone to bed without even trying to take my clothes off. I was far too tired to care, that and the next day I had some things to take care of. Starting with a phone call.
It was probably around nine in the morning when I awoke. I could tell right away that today was gonna be pretty good. Simply because I could hear out of my left ear again. Thus, my first order of business came into play. Call whatshisbucket about taking Applejack to Indiana.
I picked up my phone and tapped the ‘contacts’ icon and scrolled down until I came upon ‘Punkass’. Tapping the icon next to the name, I brought the phone up to my ear and listened to the plethora of tones emanating from the tiny speaker.
“Um, hello? Who is this?” The voice came a few seconds into the dreaded standard issue ringtone.
“You know damn well who it is,” I challenged.
“No, not really.”
“The funny lookin’ redneck takin’ care of Applejack you retard.” How could he not know? Seriously. “Can’t you tell by the accent?”
“We didn’t even voice talk. It was an IRC! How the hell am I supposed to know?”
“Y’ever given your phone number to another hick?” Sometimes, I feel like I’d make a wonderful lawyer. I made my way toward the bathroom and lifted the lid of the toilet. using one hand I undid my fly and in a sense commenced to bleed the sea monster while still talking on the phone.
“Good point, but still you could be a little friendly instead of being like an asshole.”
I didn’t really have a whole lot of time to mess with his head, so I cut to the chase. “What can I say? I’m an equal opportunity asshole. Anyway, where you gonna be in say... A few days?”
“Chicago I think, having a school trip over there or something. Why?”
My mind went blank for a second and I paused. Then it came to me, Sliverbutt said he lived in Indiana, Chicago isn’t in Indiana. “Dash gonna be with ya?”
*ZZZIP*
“Of course, I have to take care of her. Will Applejack be with you?”
“Yep, so I’m gonna start heading up to Chicago somethin’ ricky tick,” I said. “Figure it’d be good for Dash an AJ to see each other.”
“Sounds like a great idea. I’m sure Dash would like that.”
“Cool, well I’ll let AJ know an start heading up there. Got any idea where ya’ll are gonna be when it comes to Chicager?” Yes, I pronounce it ‘chi-ca-ger’ at times just to mess with people.
“Not sure, I’ll tell my friend to take me to a restaurant or some place over there.”
“Alright cool, I’ll call you again when I hit Chicago.” I got ready to hang up the phone when I realized something, I didn’t know his actual name. “By the way, what’s your name?
“Cody,” He replied quickly.
“Right on, well my name’s Garrett so yeah... Anyway, later mate, have a good’n.”
“Yup, you too.”
I ended the call and tossed the phone onto my bed. After giving my shirt a quick sniff, I decided that since I had only worn it since I got back home and pulled it out of the dresser, it was clean enough. “Why do I smell so good?” I wondered aloud briefly. I soon shrugged it off and went upstairs to find Applejack.
Just like the past few nights, she was cuddled up with Dozer on the bed, completely passed out with a small puddle of saliva next to her mouth.
“YO APPLEJACK!” I shouted as loud as I could. Thankfully, this was more than enough to wake the sleeping beauty and send her flailing to the floor with a soft thud. “You alright?” I laughed as I strode over and helped her up.
“What in the hay was that fer? Ah was dreamin’ ya know.” She stomped her foot in frustration in such a way that it was actually more cute than menacing.
“You were also drooling like Dozer. Anyway, get yer shit together. We’re leaving.”
“What? Why? Where to?”
“Chicago, Illinois. We’re gonna go see Rainbow Dash.”
~
“So yeah, if you can take care of Dozer for a while it’ll be greatly appreciated.”
“Yeah, I can do that, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen him anyway.”
“Thanks a bunch. I’ll catch you later.”
“Bye!”
I hung up the phone and set it on the receiver and looked at Applejack.
“You ready?”
“Yup. got everythin’ Ah need right here.” Applejack hoisted one of my old backpacks with a smile.
“Good.” I looked down at Dozer, who was quietly watching us. I crouched down and put my hand on his head. “You be a good boy alright?” No response, not that I expected one. I scratched him behind the ear for a bit and opened the sliding glass door for when he needed to do his business.
“Ah’m gonna miss ya Dozie!” AJ bent over and pulled his hulking body into a tight hug. She’d gotten really attached to him in an extremely short period of time. Not that it surprised me, he was an amazing and very friendly dog.
Walking around the two, I pulled the cargo bag that I had packed with a bunch of supplies we would need, along with some spare clothes, and brought it into the garage. I fixed it onto the sissy bar luggage rack and made sure everything was strapped on tight.
Reaching into my back pocket, I checked how much Copenhagen I had left, then I pulled out my wallet and made sure all the money I had withdrawn from the bank and borrowed from my neighbors was still there. One thousand three hundred forty dollars in cash, most of which came from my savings account.
With everything squared away, I called Applejack to and opened the garage door, then sat on the motorcycle and started walking it out to the end of the driveway. As she came out with the bag on her back, I motioned her over to me.
“You ready?”
“Yup!” she replied in a chipper fashion.
“Cool, wait here for a second.” I got off the bike and walked up the driveway and pressed the button, allowing the door to come screeching down.
Once I got back to the bike, I sat down on it and watched AJ as she got on behind me. I started the bike, popped it into gear and began our exciting journey to Chicago.
~
I hate Kansas, I really do. People think Nebraska is a boring drive, but Kansas is even worse. There is literally nothing in this god-forsaken land except cows, wheat fields and power lines. And our trip would involve one and a quarter days going through it purely because of the helmet law in Nebraska.
We had stopped a few times the first day to refill the gas tank and let the engine cool down in the spring heat of Kansas, and happened upon a small Diner just off I-70. As it turns out, not only did we find a nice place to eat, but we also met a rather unique and unpredictable person. A man so odd and intriguing, yet somehow vaguely familiar, that not once did I think we would come upon him in our little journey to the Midwest.
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Oh snap....
Do i sense Discord?
2281617 Mmmmmaybe.
Mm, question really is, Has discord visited anyone else between RD and AJ?
2281815 I think so... lol
2281824
I'll just have to wait for the other stories to catch up. Keep Up the good work!
LOL, GARRETT N' CODY, NICE NAMES FAGS! Still better than my name though.
I bet it's Discord, or some guy.
2281858 I'm farther behind than most... But I'll try! haha
2281951 lol punkass. You may be right...
2281815 Wellll, that is of course dependent upon how Discord made his bitch (time) act before and after now.
2282024
No,,,, Rainbow Dash's and Rarity's stories are not even as far as you. Same for Celestia. Twilight too actually. The farthest stories are Pinkie's & Fluttershy's, the Crusaders', and Discord's, in that order.. You're in the middle all things considered. The crusaders are actually probably on the same date as Pinkie and Fluttershy, come to think of it. So you actually aren't too far behind. At first I was a little concerned that AJ wasn't too freaked out but then, she wouldn't be worried about it. Can't be bothered with too much fancy-speak
2282098
Quite. Funny that progress in that story can't be measured by date and time. Which makes it just a little more interesting.
Well, this should be fun. I bet he was dumb enough to bring the pistol to Chicago. What the Supreme Court says about gun control and what Mayor Daley does are not the same thing.
2282162
dailey is not the mayor of chicago anymore, the mayor is rahm emanuel.....
OH SHIT! OH SHIT SHIT SHIT! Discord's comin'. Oh fuck. He always messes shit up. Silvy needs to finish up his Discord arc, though. That whole shindig hasn't been cleared up yet. Now the question is: which pair of writers will be the first to unite characters? Will it be you and Silvy or will it be Slorg and FMP? THE RACE IS ON!
2282644 Rarity and Tom will be the first two Equestrians (who began separated) to be united.
2282875 .....WAT.
Do I spy a Pony.Mov reference?
2282107 You're right!
And to think I'm the newest one...
2282162 We're just gonna have to find out now aren't we?
2282285 I have no idea! That's the beauty of it all!
2282644 The race is on indeed... Far as Discord goes, I totally agree with you.
2283571 Yep. I love using pop culture and fandom references for shtuff. :P
The old man's a spy!!!!!!!!!!! Or other worldly person whom has decended upon us!
2281617
Nope. Obama.
>_>
Please don't let that start an actual politics argument. Just trying to be funny, I swear. >_<
2284356 Nah, we all know that the one person you'd never meet in a diner off of I-70 is, in fact, Osama Rin Laden.
Mostly because she doesn't have any armies.
bwilliams101.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/katawa-shoujo-osama-rin-laden.jpg
2284544
...You ruin everything.
:'(
2284554 lel, how so?
FORESHADOWING!
2286169 Exactly why Slorg picked me mate. Clash of personalities and moral standing. It adds for more variety... And this is based solely off of yours truly, just a little more edgy and obtrusive.
2286464 You all have a WONDERFUL surprise in store.
This was good. Ignore the rage of cosmofur.
2289945 Part Super Troopers, part me being a dumbass.
2302724 Nah, the title is just combining character with locale. Hope you like DragonLS's stuff.
2302724 Don't forget the rest of us! I'd say that at the moment the interaction between stories is mostly as follows:
Applejack - Rainbow Dash - Celestia
Pinkie Pie + Fluttershy - Apple Bloom + Scootaloo + Sweetie Belle - Celestia
Twilight Sparkle - Princess Luna (soon)
Which leaves Rarity as the only pony that hasn't currently found any other ponies, and Discord - who has messed with several of them at this point. So if you're looking to find the 'related' groups of stories, there it is for you. Eventually they will all intertwine though.
Well.... that was a short chapter. I waited for just that? C'mon bro! You can do better than that
Aaaaach. Man I read your part of the Ponyfall series in one go and must say AJ is taking it really good. Thought she would be more of a terror mare.
Well good story so far. Keep it up.
Dragon
2319001 Just wait...
2319012
Uhoh.
By the way, you reply damn fast you know that?
Dragon
2319042 Sometimes... Not all the time though. It depends on what I'm doing at the moment. For example, I was in the middle of reading Silverness' latest PonyFall chapter when you commented, so it was easy to reply ASAP.
2319393
Ah! So that's the thing.
I'm in the middle of reading all the Ponyfall stories myself. Got FMP, The Slorg, DragonLS and your part through now. So four done, four to go.
Asked to make a little fan spin off with Crissy and Cady by the way. What do you think? Could it be good given the fact the narrator doesn't know who they are until he sees the episode?
Dragon
2319633 Who are Crissy and Cady? lol I honestly don't know though.
2322044
Sorry. Should've known not everybody is familiar with their pet names.
i meant Princess Cadence and Queen Chrysalis.
Dragon
2323164 Oh! If you mean a 'spinoff' of PonyFall, you'll have to wait until everybody in the collab finishes then talk to TheSlorg about it.
2326534
What I wanted to do is a sidestory which isn't interfering with your other stories and he said that it is ok.
Already asked The Slorg about it and as long as Ponyfall isn't present in the title and only in the description I'm allowed to do it. I think the word spinoff isn't right here, sorry.
As I said Ponyfall will be given as reference material so the readers know where the idea came from and that they should read your stories when they're going to read it.
It will stand alone and when the end of your stories is there I'll use this as the way to lead them back to Equestria, if you send them back that is.
Sorry for the messed up former messages. Kinda hard for me to find the right words sometimes.
Dragon
2328494 Oh, ok lol. Yeah, the mods tend to get a bit pissed when something 'PonyFall' is posted and Slorg didn't clear it with them. Good luck mate!
2331986
Thanks man. Internet was down for two days I feel like coming from the moon.
Dragon