Acrylic Evenfall worked deep into the night, the heat from the furnace made the stone room feel sweltering compared to the chilly night outside. Dark corners hid different things that Wintered Tail liked to keep in his workshop, gym equipment to clear his head when things got a bit stressful and cabinets of paint, charcoal, pencils and pens for whatever he might want to do to pass the time; there was even a small typewriter on a desk by the door. Thankfully for Acrylic though, he even had a small station for metal work; likely for sculptures but Evenfall had a different plan in mind...
The magic in the stallion was starting to run dry halfway into pounding the metal into the right shape. Finishing when it was a lumpy but identifiable shape, he wiped the sweat off his brow and grinned down in pride and determination at his latest crave...something for the princess of his dreams.
The door creaked open while Acrylic was in a closet for paints and Wintered Tail poked his head in the workshop and waved smoke out of his face, eyes growing worried but sighing at his brothers simple mistake.
"I see ye wish to kill thineself sitting in all this smoke..."
Acrylic turned around with paint hovering in the air behind him, tired but lively smile on his soot covered face.
"Well how should I vent all this mess then?" Laughing and heading back over to the crafting table.
Tail rolled his eyes and walked to the burning furnace, using his hoof to gently nudge a valve; the fire burned brightly with new oxygen as the smoke shot up the fireplace in the living room and out the pipe on the roof. Acrylic peaking over his shoulder shocked and Tail just standing over the fire with a disappointed look.
"Right..." Acrylic said flatly before turning around and fixing his work up more.
Wintered stepped over to the bench and tried to get a look, all it seemed to be was a large metal...ring? It was too oddly shaped to be just a ring and the blue paints waiting on the side means it would be something that only had meaning to the artist.
"What is it?" Tail asked.
Acrylic took a deep breath and took a step back, forcing his brother to back up swiftly.
"I noticed that the sun sister had a elegant looking set of royal attire. The gold chest plate was stunning...but Luna didn't...just thought i'd save them the time of finding a craftsman." The last of the sentence sounded absent minded, lost in thought about how his creation would look when its done.
Tail looked down at Acrylic, starting to get more worried as he came to realize what gleamed in the stallions eyes.
"No...No, really?! Thou are in love with the princess!" he shouted with a laugh.
Acrylic reddened a little and turned around, shoving Wintered playfully
"And what is wrong with that? We are a lot alike if you think about it."
Wintered shook his head, sure Acrylic was a little anti-social but that didn't mean he was crazy like the princess of nightmares...strange as it is though, rumors were floating around of the night princesses kindness rather than the normal rabble of hatred. Something was wrong in town and even though no pony was talking...it was something in the air.
"Besides, being here made me realize how...lonely I was." Acrylic said with a somber tone...
The smile faded off of Tail's face slowly; deep down he knew that eventually his brother would return when living alone becomes too dull. Though it still pained him to hear the surprising amount of pain in his voice. Acrylic smiled again reassuringly while the tools levitated off the table again, wrapped in green magic.
"That is why I have to try."
With that he turned around and began shaping out the bumps and dents to hopefully make something Princess Luna could love..