After about half an hour a knock came at Brent's door and a voice he recognized as Lacey spoke.
"Princess Cadence requests your presence Sir." She said.
"Give me a minute." Brent replied as he got up. Went to the table in his room and while keeping them plugged in hung his headphones on his bag, then clipped the battery to the other side of the strap and swung the bag over his shoulder. Put his shoes back on.
Then opened the door to a waiting Lacey.
"Lead the way." Brent spoke.
Lacy nodded then started walking Brent not far behind. She kept a slow pace knowing he couldn't keep up with the normal hoof speed. After a few minutes of walking, they came to the throne room. Brent immediately noticed two faces Cadence and one he was mildly dreading seeing Flurry.
"I was informed that you want to get some clothing." Cadence spoke. Brent sightly nodded in response. "If you are prepared, we can take you to a tailor to get some made." Cadence continued.
"That would be rather nice." Brent replied finally speaking. Though his voice was low and soft. Which seemed to be his usual tone despite being an adult male.
Cadence rose Flurry did the same a moment later.
"Let's get moving." Cadence said with a tone of authority. They all began heading towards the front doors Brent assumed when after a bit of walking he realized he was wrong nothing looked familiar. Lacey was unsurprisingly to him also following along. "Don't really want to leave the alien alone with royalty. Unless ordered to eh." Brent thought to himself while being irritated by the fact that Flurry also seemed to be coming along. "This society seems to be primarily female. A bit bizarre few species back home are like that." He continued thinking before his train of thought was interrupted by Cadence.
"Here's the carriage you should fit considering Celestia can." She said.
"Dammit wasn't paying attention to the directions we were going." Brent angrily thought as he got in the carriage leaning down a bit to fit the door way.
After he got seated Flurry and Cadence swiftly got in followed by Lacey who pulled the door closed, then signaled to the earth pony the carriage was strapped to and he began walking pulling them along. The three girls sat on one side Flurry was still eyeing Brent. She couldn't quite get a firm read on him. An odd being certainly he had chaotic magic but didn't seem to really be aware of it or an openly chaotic being.
After a fairly quiet ride they arrived at the tailors. Lacey opened the door and stepped out first followed by the princesses then finally Brent himself who stumbled slightly on exiting. His brain didn't like cars back home, and the carriage seemed to be similar enough in motion to cause the same effects. He noticed he was being watched by many ponies and suddenly felt both scared again and self-conscious.
Then swiftly walked into the tailors followed by the princesses and Lacey stood outside the door to keep the populace out for now. Brent was thankful for her dutifulness. The owner of the shop came to the counter and was shocked by the three she saw waiting two royals and a tall thing.
"How may I help you today princesses?" The tailor asked.
"Well Brent here wants to get some clothing." Cadence said nodding her head back towards Brent.
"Certainly just let me get measurements so I know what I'm working with." The tailor said as she pulled out a measuring tape using her wings to assist.
The flexibility and dexterity of the wings shocked Brent, and he did his best to stand still for the tailor to measure him. When she asked him to take his bag off he did and his right arm hung limply at his side. When he was asked to lift his arms only the left was raised. After about ten minutes the measurements were complete.
"Come back in about an hour and I should have several articles of clothes ready for you. I know shirts are the main priority but I'll make some pants as well." The tailor said.
The three nodded and Brent thanked the tailor before turning to leave with the other two as the tailor went and flipped her sign to closed then went to work excited.
"Oh and keep it simple bitte." Brent said to the tailor as he exited and was greeted by a blast of cold air and several ponies standing around waiting to get a look at him. He wondered what they would do for an hour. Expecting they would go back to the castle but Cadence seemed to have a different plan. "Well go to a public building try to get you and the ponies used to each other." They took a brief carriage ride over to a cafe/bookstore.
When they went in the two princesses ordered drinks and some pastry items and all Brent got was water. When Cadence asked him why he gave the same explanation, he gave Flurry.
"I want to owe you as little as possible and I already owe you quite a bit with the housing and soon to be clothes." Brent said as his water came up "Man even your largest size cup is just a medium where I’m from." He then went to find somewhere he could sit. Lacey followed him keeping an eye on the surroundings. Spotting a chair in a good spot Brent sat looked around noticed Lacey softly smiled then booted his headphones up and went to reading his book from earlier.
Cadence and Flurry noticed the spike of magic as they waited but barely reacted this time. Finally they got their food items then went to find the strange chaotically charged human. When they did find him they found he was rather focused on his book. Flurry stuck her head over the top of the book but got no response aside from an irritated sliding of his book from under her chin. Flurry looked back to Lacey and Cadence with a slight frown. After a few minutes she took a more direct approach and levitated his book from his hand.
Brent simply had an irritated look again. "Why did you take my book?"
"Well uh was thinking it was a bit rude of you to be reading and ignoring everything else while in company." Flurry replied and looked back to the other two for support Cadence nodded in agreement while Lacey simply stood there neither agreeing or disagreeing.
Brent slid his headphones off and turned them off and made eye contact with Flurry. "To me, that's not good enough of a reason to pull something out of my hand." He sternly said. "Now may I have my book back?"
Flurry nodded and levitated the book back into his hand. "On one condition, you keep your headphones off." She said as her magic let go of the book.
Brent nodded. "Will do your Highness." He mocked a bow.
Then resumed his reading as the princesses and Lacey talked they occasionally tried to get him involved at which he would for a little bit before going back to reading.
I'm an observer more than an interactor by nature. Brent thought to himself as he listened to the princesses and read years of experience allowed him to keep the two separate in his minds focus. When finally Lacey stopped the conversations to notify them it had been an hour. Brent pulled out a strip of cloth he had been using as a bookmark and put it back into the book and slid the book in his satchel before standing up.
Flurry decided to smile at him despite his overall attitude toward her. Which greatly bothered Brent. In general kindness or affection towards him had always bothered Brent more so since his brain injury as he saw himself as little more than a burden on those around him. Which was the main reason that he hated help.
As they went back to the carriage Brent noticed fewer ponies were staring at him only a few continued to. This caused him to loosen up some lowering his mental guards slightly. Then he went into the carriage sat and had a slight smile as the other three came in.
Then they were off to the tailors. When they arrived, the sign in the window was still “on closed”. Brent banged his hand on the door irritated by the cold on his bare skin. Despite his higher than average body temperature Which was always high but more so since his injury the cold still bothered him more than the ponies. After a few minutes a faint click was heard then the door opened to a tired looking tailor.
"Ah yes welcome back I've got everything finished got more than I originally expected done due to your request sir." She stepped back to let them in. Then ran into the back to bring the articles of clothing.
Brent tried a dark red long sleeve on then said "Wait for it..." and tapped under his eyes a minute later his eyes changed to a matching red with a tinge of the original green all 4 ponies in the room were shocked.
"How?" Cadence asked she hadn't sensed magic in play.
"it's a genetic trait my mom has it too." Brent replied with an amused smile.
"That will be 100 bits." The tailor said handing the rest over.
Cadence levitated the said amount from her bag to the tailor. "I assume we can come here again should we need more clothing for him?" She asked.
The tailor nodded. "He's an interesting challenge."
With that they left. Cadence and Flurry levitating the clothes Brent couldn't fit in his satchel.
The ride back had more conversation as Brent continued to loosen up. When they got back, he made sure to map the building till it connected to what he already knew.
Brent went back to his room with the princesses behind him they placed his clothing on the table in his room after which he asked them to leave saying he needed to recharge a bit before dinner. They walked out politely obliging his request. He laid down shortly after turned on Halo CE's soundtrack and closed his eyes to nap.