My Silence is Broken · 4:06am May 5th, 2014
Fireflies Tagged for obvious reasons
Been a while, ladies and gents.
Without further ado, my paltry excuse: School, 'n stuff.
Now, since I know that you're not here to hear (read) about that, let's just cut to the chase...
Fireflies! Yes, that story. I'm at 3.4K words, and with school ending tomorrow, I'll be able to start getting these things done faster. Again, not going to bore you all with the specifics. Instead, have a 1,000 word sneak peek.
I felt a gentle pressure around my chest as wakefulness did come battering at the slowly stirring parts of my mind that still held tightly to sleep. I cracked an eye open and was greeted by the warm and welcome sight of a new day. As my mind caught up with what I was looking at, I was able to put together the positions of the girls around me, and who was clinging to my chest. With as much gentleness as I could manage, I pried myself from Rarity’s grasp, and soon I was free from the bed, and making my way towards the bathroom. With only a paltry amount of elegance, I made myself ready for the day, and I slipped into some clothing shortly after finishing in the bathroom. As I put my watch on around my wrist, I noted with a frown that it was far earlier than I had thought it was. I walked over to my desk, quickly, and grabbed a few things before exiting the room.
As I made my way down the hall, I looked into each of the unoccupied rooms for a moment, marvelling at just how much has changed in so short a time. When I finally reached the living room, I pulled a page from my notebook, and I wrote a quick note to the girls, whoever woke up first, explaining where I was going, and when I’d be back. I looked it over twice, before folding it up, and placing it on the counter in the kitchen, knowing that it’d be found quickly, there. With that taken care of, I turned, and headed out the front door, making sure to close and lock it behind myself.
My walk to the beach was short and thoroughly uneventful, and soon I was leaning up against a tree, watching as the waves lapped against the shore in an eternal dance. For several minutes I enjoyed the view of the ocean, and then my gaze turned to the notebook in my hands, and I opened it up to the page that I had been looking at for much of last night. With only a few moments to catch up to where I was mentally, I dove back into my designing with relative ease. It didn’t take all that long to get through the theoretical mathematics, and soon it was all rote equations, allowing my mind to wander, and flit about from topic to topic.
A recurring topic were my actions the night before, and I found that I was divided on the subject. I was doing what I wanted to do, and put distance between myself and the girls, but at the same time I knew that what I did was mean to the girls, making them all worry unnecessarily. I shook my head, quickly, and looked down at my work, noting with a frown that I had stopped working several minutes ago, while I had been lost in thought. I let out an explosive sigh as I flipped the page over, and sought out a blank page where I could write and work without potentially ruining my work.
Soon my pencil was moving across the page, and I was free to allow my mind to wander once again. This time, however, the topic was not the girls, but the royalty with whom I had spent much of the previous day with.
They were so... Normal. Nothing like my father had said. But, then again, I met them under totally different circumstances.
I looked up from my work towards the ocean, and I faintly made out a sound that was different from the lapping waves that had been all I could hear for the past half hour. The sound grew louder, gradually, until it stopped beside me. The figure soon sat beside me, and after a moment I felt a hand grab my own, and squeeze for just a moment. “Good morning, Rarity.”
“How did you know?”
“The way you carry yourself. I’ve known you romantically for only a very short time, but I’ve known you personally for a far greater amount of time.” I looked at her for a moment, and I gave her a warm smile. “You have a very distinct stride. It’s not as easy to make out when you’re not wearing high heels, but I could still pick up on it.”
“Can you identify all of us without seeing us?”
I offered a small shrug as I looked back to the sea. “Pretty much. Pinkie is easy, but it’s sometimes a bit harder with Applejack and Rainbow if they’re both walking. Fluttershy is also easy, I just have to pay attention to a place that is quieter than all the others.”
“And Twilight?”
“She’s the one who walks without anything special in her stride. She is calm and confident with her walk, but not overly so.” Silence followed, and I felt Rarity shift her position, and then her arms wrapped around my body as she leaned into me. “And you, Rarity, walk as though you are eternally in the spotlight. You carry yourself with grace and dignity. At times, though, it could seem like arrogance, but I know you well enough to know that you’re not arrogant, just certain in who you are.”
Rarity said nothing following that, and I shortly returned to my artwork, knowing that Rarity would speak when she was ready. We sat together for some time before I felt Rarity shift against me, and I lowered my pencil, knowing that she was ready to speak.
“Who am I, then, to you?”
I dropped my hand down to the sand beside me, and it landed on a box that I had known was there for the past few minutes. I lifted it slightly, before placing it back in the sand. “You’re an amazing woman, who I’m glad to have met. You’re the kind of person who thinks nothing of doing whatever it takes to make other happy. You are selfless, and it makes you even more beautiful.” I looked at her for a moment. “Anyone can be attractive, Rarity. Just look at people like Fleur, or Ditzy. They’re both incredibly attractive, but I can’t say that they’re beautiful.”
Yes. That's all you get. Feel free to speculate, and stuff.
Or call the cops, I don't care.
Sursum Aeternum!
-Jet Howitzer
P.S. Gmoneywalker is a twat, and should be addressed as such.
P.P.S. You know I love ya, babe.
P.P.P.S. You're the woman in our relationship G, just so you know.
You're the Howitzer in our relationship.
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Oh, yes. Oh, yes indeed.
Nice.
I'm calling the cops
Ah, another great day.
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I don't care.
Nice little snippet. I'm guessing that next thing that happens is that Rarity let's out a squeel that wakes up the rest of the island
Wait, your actually updating a story? By the gods this must be a miracle! Or maybe I just asked at the right time, then again it might just be a coincidence...